18 Howlsmere Close, Halling, Rochester, ME2 1ER
About 18 Howlsmere Close
18 Howlsmere Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Halling, Rochester, Rochester (ME2 1ER). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).
At 95 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2011. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£461/sq ft) was about 173.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £471,000 in May 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Dec 2011Garage ConversionFullIn report
Conversion of garage into habitable room
- Agent
- Anglian Home Improvements
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- MC/11/2730
What's in 18 Howlsmere Close, Halling, Rochester, ME2 1ER's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£515,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£471,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
30 May 2022Most recent
£471,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME2 1ER: £328,000 (2025–2015).
Nearby sales in ME2 1ER
3 Howlsmere Close, Halling, Rochester, ME2 1ER
Sold Jun 2025
£590,0009b, Howlsmere Close, Halling, Rochester, ME2 1ER
Sold Dec 2024
£328,0008 Howlsmere Close, Halling, Rochester, ME2 1ER
Sold Oct 2023
£315,00012 Howlsmere Close, Halling, Rochester, ME2 1ER
Sold Sept 2016
£315,0006 Howlsmere Close, Halling, Rochester, ME2 1ER
Sold Feb 2013
£213,000
Everything we know about 18 Howlsmere Close, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Howlsmere Close homes
On epc rating, 18 Howlsmere Close stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,958
Street avg £3,242
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 74 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.9 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Howlsmere Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Halling Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.4dB