14 Castle Street, Upnor, Rochester, ME2 4XR

14 Castle Street is a four-bedroom detached house in Upnor, Rochester, Rochester (ME2 4XR). It has a recorded floor area of 232 m² (around 2497 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in October 2024 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since March 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 232 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £663,000 sits 117.4% above the 2007 sale of £305,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£122/sq ft) was about 43.8% below the postcode norm.