33 Essex Road, Halling, Rochester, ME2 1AU

33 Essex Road is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Halling, Rochester, Rochester (ME2 1AU). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in December 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Period features are noted in the property record.

At 119 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 47 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£254/sq ft) was about 19% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £325,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.