Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
2 Model Cottages is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Burham, Rochester, Rochester (ME1 3XY). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include notable views. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£407/sq ft) was about 112.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2022 for £425,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Certificate validity
Valid until 10 February 2032
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1 application on record at 2 Model Cottages, Old Church Road, Burham, Rochester, ME1 3XY
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Latest sale on 2 Model Cottages was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£456,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.7% per year over 21 years.
£425,000
Growth on file: 9.7% per year over 21 years.
8 September 2022Most recent
£425,000
+227.0%over 19 years19 September 2002
£129,950
+113.0%over 11 months17 October 2001
£61,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME1 3XY: £139,950 (2025–2001).
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
303/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.0 km
Burham Hill — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Burham Church of England Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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