8 Chelmsford Road, Rochester, ME2 2RY
About 8 Chelmsford Road
8 Chelmsford Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Rochester (ME2 2RY). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 966 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2010) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from January 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since November 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 90 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2001–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £264,000 sits 111.2% above the 2010 sale of £125,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£129/sq ft) was about 30.2% below the postcode norm.
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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
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
8 Chelmsford Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 29 Jan 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
8 Chelmsford Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
8 Chelmsford Road's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2001).
£264,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.4% per year over 10 years.
£125,000
Growth on file: 5.4% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
8 November 2010Most recent
£125,000
+66.7%over 9 years23 February 2001
£75,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME2 2RY: £235,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in ME2 2RY
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Versus other Chelmsford Road homes
Floor Area for 8 Chelmsford Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,392
Street avg £2,743
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 64 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 2.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/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.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
49.0dB