Skip to content
UK Property Looker

3 Essex Road, Halling, Rochester, ME2 1AU

4 sales on record
Property type
End terrace
Bedrooms
2
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
70 m²
753 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 54
Council tax
Band B
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 3 Essex Road

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

3 Essex Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Halling, Rochester, Rochester (ME2 1AU). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

Last sale on file: £315,000 in December 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£418/sq ft) was about 96.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.

Before you offer

Know exactly what you're buying at 3 Essex Road

Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.

£14.99
Trusted by UK homebuyers

Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms2
  • Bathrooms2
  • CloakroomYes
  • EnsuiteYes

Outside

  • Private gardenYes

Building

  • Period featuresYes
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E54
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
4.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 3 Essex Road, Halling, Rochester, ME2 1AU, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

3 Essex Road has no planning applications on record.

The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

3 Essex Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2003.

Current estimate

£311,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 20 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2022)

£315,000

Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 20 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 2 December 2022Most recent

    £315,000

    +38.8%over 2 years

  2. 28 June 2020

    £227,000

    +41.4%over 13 years

  3. 24 November 2006

    £160,500

    +20.7%over 3 years

  4. 10 April 2003

    £133,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in ME2 1AU: £200,000 (2025–2023).

Before you offer

Everything we know about 3 Essex Road, in one report

What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.

  • Am I paying too much?
  • Is something wrong with it?
  • Is the agent's story true?
  • Will it hold its value?
£14.99
Trusted by UK homebuyers
Preview of the full property report
On the street

Versus other Essex Road homes

Four headline reads against 34 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On habitable rooms, 3 Essex Road runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£4,500

Street avg £2,996

Strongly above

Floor Area

70 m²

Street avg 81 m²

On par

Habitable Rooms

3 rooms

Street avg 4 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

4.0 t/year

Street avg 4.1 t/year

On par
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
£321k

1 Black Boy Cottages, Pilgrims Way, Upper Halling

ME2 1JR

2 bed1 bath
£298k

1 Clay House, Clay Place, Halling

ME2 1FN

2 bed2 bath
£337k

1 Dalison Court, Halling

ME2 1BB

2 bed1 bath
£251k

1 Chenette House, Germander Avenue, Halling

ME2 1FS

2 bed2 bath
£342k

1 Chillington Close, Upper Halling

ME2 1JX

3 bed1 bath
£344k

1 Essex Road, Halling

ME2 1AU

3 bed1 bath
£412k

1 Britannia Close, Halling

ME2 1DG

3 bed
£440k

1 Chapel Houses, Chapel Lane, Upper Halling

ME2 1JT

3 bed1 bath
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Rochester district page.
Full Rochester report

Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.

Crime

3/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Halling Rail Station — railway station.

Closest school

1.1 km

Halling Primary School. 6 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around ME2 1AU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for ME2 1AU

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

49.3dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for ME2 1AU

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

42.1dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 3 Essex Road, Halling, Rochester, ME2 1AU. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.