51 Castle Street, Upnor, Rochester, ME2 4XR

51 Castle Street is a detached house in Upnor, Rochester, Rochester (ME2 4XR). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (July 2019); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg.

Sold March 2023 for £440,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 102 m² it's 17.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (87 m² median across 23 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2015–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£401/sq ft) was about 100.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.