28 New Road, Rochester, ME1 1BN
About 28 New Road
28 New Road is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Rochester (ME1 1BN). It has a recorded floor area of 192 m² (around 2067 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2013) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a balcony. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 192 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£219/sq ft) was about 113.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2022 for £452,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- BalconyYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
- Period featuresYes
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Energy performance
28 New Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 31 Jan 2023
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Because the property was built before 1919 and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
2 applications on record at 28 New Road, Rochester, ME1 1BN
- Oct 2022Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
T1 - Ash - Fell
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- CAN/22/2043
- More recent applications — locked
- RenovationJun 2023Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£455,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£452,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
16 August 2022Most recent
£452,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME1 1BN: £305,000 (2022–2002).
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Bath Hard Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Fort Pitt Grammar School. 46 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.1dB