2 Abbey Road, Rochester, ME2 3QA
About 2 Abbey Road
2 Abbey Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Rochester (ME2 3QA). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1604 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).
At 149 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£287/sq ft) was about 67.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £460,000. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey side extension at 2 Abbey Road.
- Jan 2017ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Construction of a two storey side extension
- Agent
- Andrew Wells Planning & Design
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- MC/16/4524
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 2 Abbey Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£469,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 20 years.
£460,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
23 October 2022Most recent
£460,000
+271.0%over 20 years26 September 2002
£124,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME2 3QA: £300,000 (2024–2017).
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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 Abbey Road homes
Floor Area for 2 Abbey Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,087
Street avg £2,590
Floor Area
149 m²
Street avg 91 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.3 t/year
Street avg 3.2 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
Gravesend Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 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
42.9dB