16 Howlsmere Close, Halling, Rochester, ME2 1ER

16 Howlsmere Close is a detached house in Halling, Rochester, Rochester (ME2 1ER). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2014. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 125 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1997–2001, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £505,000 sits 180.6% above the 2001 sale of £179,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£134/sq ft) was about 34.7% below the postcode norm.