1 King Arthurs Drive, Strood, Rochester, ME2 3LZ
About 1 King Arthurs Drive
1 King Arthurs Drive is a detached house in Strood, Rochester, Rochester (ME2 3LZ). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£492/sq ft) was about 110.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £450,000. 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
- Apr 2023ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Raising of the existing roof height incorporating the formation of a hip to gable roof extension with dormers to front and rear; rooflights to the side; construction of a single storey extension with canopy to the front and a new chimney stack - demolition of existing chimney stacks and single storey rear projection
- Agent
- Mark Woolf Design Ltd
- Documents
- 22 docs on file
- Reference
- MC/23/0346
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 1 King Arthurs Drive
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£487,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£450,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
12 December 2022Most recent
£450,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME2 3LZ: £375,000 (2025–2018).
Nearby sales in ME2 3LZ
5 King Arthurs Drive, Strood, Rochester, ME2 3LZ
Sold Jan 2025
£640,0006 King Arthurs Drive, Strood, Rochester, ME2 3LZ
Sold Jul 2024
£370,00011 King Arthurs Drive, Strood, Rochester, ME2 3LZ
Sold Sept 2023
£460,0002 King Arthurs Drive, Strood, Rochester, ME2 3LZ
Sold May 2021
£375,00010 King Arthurs Drive, Strood, Rochester, ME2 3LZ
Sold Sept 2016
£300,500
Everything we know about 1 King Arthurs Drive, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other King Arthurs Drive homes
1 King Arthurs Drive outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,294
Street avg £3,040
Floor Area
85 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 5.2 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
King Arthur's Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Temple Mill Primary School. 18 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.7dB