Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
2 The Willows is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Isle Of Grain, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 0BN). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump.
Across 1999–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £304,000 sits 78.8% above the 2017 sale of £170,000. Last sold in April 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years.
2 The Willows's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 22 January 2027
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2 The Willows has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
2 The Willows has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1999.
£304,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 18 years.
£170,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 18 years.
2 April 2017Most recent
£170,000
+146.4%over 17 years23 September 1999
£69,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in ME3 0BN: £65,000 (1997–1996).
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
163/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
High Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
St James Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.9dB