29 New Road, Rochester, ME1 1BN

29 New Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Rochester (ME1 1BN). It has a recorded floor area of 146 m² (around 1572 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 146 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£309/sq ft) was about 352.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2021 for £485,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.