1 Hostier Close, Halling, Rochester, ME2 1ES

1 Hostier Close is a detached house in Halling, Rochester, Rochester (ME2 1ES). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2018) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

At 139 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 85% of similar EPCs). Sold January 2021 for £485,000. Across the public record there are 5 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £552,000 is 13.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£324/sq ft) was about 127% above the typical sold price in the postcode.