12 Blaker Avenue, Rochester, ME1 2RU

12 Blaker Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Rochester (ME1 2RU). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2022) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in February 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

Held since July 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £368,000 sits 390.7% above the 1997 sale of £74,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£72/sq ft) was about 66.1% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 97 m² it's 20.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (81 m² median across 31 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs).