4 Ranscombe Farm Cottages, Cuxton, Rochester, ME2 1LA
About 4 Ranscombe Farm Cottages
4 Ranscombe Farm Cottages is a four-bedroom detached house in Cuxton, Rochester, Rochester (ME2 1LA). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 57). Other recorded features include notable views and outbuildings. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
It changed hands recently, sold September 2025 for £680,000. At 117 m² it sits well below the postcode median (189 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2009–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£540/sq ft) was about 68% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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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
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- DrivewayYes
- OutbuildingsYes
- Notable viewsYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
4 Ranscombe Farm Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
4 Ranscombe Farm Cottages has an approved single-storey side and rear extension on the planning record.
- Feb 2026ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Construction of single storey side / rear extension
- Agent
- DPL
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- MC/25/2428
- Apr 2016ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side of property
Construction of a side extension and alteration to existing roof
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- MC/16/0688
What's in 4 Ranscombe Farm Cottages, Cuxton, Rochester, ME2 1LA's planning history?
2 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2009.
£655,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 16 years.
£680,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
4 September 2025Most recent
£680,000
+173.1%over 15 years8 September 2009
£249,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in ME2 1LA: £602,500 (2021–2009).
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Versus the street
EPC Rating for 4 Ranscombe Farm Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
44 (E)
Street avg 62 (D)
Floor Area
117 m²
Street avg 278 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 7.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.8 km
Ranscombe Farm — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Cuxton Community Infant School. 12 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.9dB