12 Beech Road, Rochester, ME2 2LP
About 12 Beech Road
12 Beech Road is a semi-detached house in Rochester (ME2 2LP). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump.
At 104 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £356,000 is 16.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£273/sq ft) was about 19.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2021 for £306,000. 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
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
12 Beech Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
12 Beech Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£356,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 24 years.
£306,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
29 January 2021Most recent
£306,000
+427.6%over 23 years27 March 1997
£57,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME2 2LP: £235,000 (2024–2021).
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Versus other Beech Road homes
12 Beech Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,942
Street avg £2,524
Floor Area
104 m²
Street avg 81 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
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Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Maple Road Top — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Cedar Children's Academy. 27 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.5dB