5 Cambridge Road, Rochester, ME2 3HW
About 5 Cambridge Road
5 Cambridge Road is a semi-detached house in Rochester (ME2 3HW). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from July 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 65 m² it's 20.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 39 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold May 2024 for £290,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2016–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£414/sq ft) was about 142.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2017.
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Energy performance
5 Cambridge Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Jul 2026
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 12 July 2026
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Planning history
1 application on record at 5 Cambridge Road, Rochester, ME2 3HW
- Oct 2017RenovationFullOutcome in report
Excavation works and alterations to front garden to form steps, vehicle hardstanding area and crossover
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- MC/17/2879
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Sales history & valuation
5 Cambridge Road saw 4 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£315,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.4% per year over 8 years.
£290,000
Growth on file: 8.4% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
9 May 2024Most recent
£290,000
+16.5%over 5 years11 April 2019
£249,000
+36.8%over 2 years21 December 2016
£182,000
+17.4%7 August 2016
£155,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME2 3HW: £305,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in ME2 3HW
Versus other Cambridge Road homes
EPC Rating for 5 Cambridge Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,462
Street avg £2,847
Floor Area
65 m²
Street avg 81 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.2 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
240/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Slatin Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Gordons Children's Academy, Junior. 18 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.0dB