18 Chelmsford Road, Rochester, ME2 2RY
About 18 Chelmsford Road
18 Chelmsford Road is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Rochester (ME2 2RY). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 89 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £305,000 is 18.7% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£268/sq ft) was about 45.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £257,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageDetached
Building
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
18 Chelmsford Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 13 October 2031
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Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
18 Chelmsford Road has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£305,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£257,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
3 April 2022Most recent
£257,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME2 2RY: £242,500 (2026–2022).
Nearby sales in ME2 2RY
Versus other Chelmsford Road homes
On epc rating, 18 Chelmsford Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,888
Street avg £2,791
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 64 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 2.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
240/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Chelmsford Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Bligh Primary School (Juniors). 18 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
49.0dB







