1 Charles Drive, Cuxton, Rochester, ME2 1DP

1 Charles Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Cuxton, Rochester, Rochester (ME2 1DP). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2016) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (September 2014); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 104 m² it's 17.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (89 m² median across 20 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £487,000 is 14.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£380/sq ft) was about 32.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2021 for £425,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.