Faraday House, Flat 5, High Street, Rochester, ME1 1EZ

Faraday House is a mid-terrace house in Rochester (ME1 1EZ). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2013); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 45). Main heating runs on electricity. At 85 m² this is the 15th smallest of 17 units on EPC record in Faraday House, where floor areas span 37–145 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (32 versus a best of 82).

At 85 m² it's 18.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (72 m² median across 16 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in March 2016. Across 2002–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £275,000 is 27.9% above the 2016 sale price.