43 Rochester Road, Halling, Rochester, ME2 1AQ
About 43 Rochester Road
43 Rochester Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Halling, Rochester, Rochester (ME2 1AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 595 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2010) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 60), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since December 2010 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (90 m² across 25 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £349,000 sits 58.6% above the 2010 sale of £220,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£370/sq ft) was about 54.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2011. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
43 Rochester Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 Aug 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2011Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Construction of single storey side extension and insertion of rooflights to rear to facilitate loft conversion
Extension- Reference
- MC/10/4533
What's in 43 Rochester Road, Halling, Rochester, ME2 1AQ's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
43 Rochester Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£349,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£220,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 December 2010Most recent
£220,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME2 1AQ: £410,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in ME2 1AQ
47 Rochester Road, Halling, Rochester, ME2 1AQ
Sold Jun 2025
£375,00039a, Rochester Road, Halling, Rochester, ME2 1AQ
Sold Mar 2025
£510,00073 Rochester Road, Halling, Rochester, ME2 1AQ
Sold Nov 2023
£410,00075 Rochester Road, Halling, Rochester, ME2 1AQ
Sold Oct 2023
£410,00051 Rochester Road, Halling, Rochester, ME2 1AQ
Sold Aug 2023
£220,000
Everything we know about 43 Rochester Road, in one report
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Versus other Rochester Road homes
Floor Area for 43 Rochester Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,978
Street avg £3,408
Floor Area
55 m²
Street avg 99 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Pilgrims Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Cuxton Community Junior School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.2dB