5 Ranscombe Farm Cottages, Cuxton, Rochester, ME2 1LA

5 Ranscombe Farm Cottages is a four-bedroom detached house in Cuxton, Rochester, Rochester (ME2 1LA). It has a recorded floor area of 185 m² (around 1991 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (June 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory and attached land beyond the plot.

2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch, partial demolition and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 185 m² it's 19.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (155 m² median across 4 EPCs). Across 2010–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£603/sq ft) was about 121.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £1,200,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.