21 St James Road, Isle Of Grain, Rochester, ME3 0BU
About 21 St James Road
21 St James Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Isle Of Grain, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 0BU). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1258 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2009) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). The latest certificate is from March 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in September 2009. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 117 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2005–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 21.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £261,000 sits 77.6% above the 2009 sale of £147,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
21 St James Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Mar 2019
EPC Rating
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Planning history
21 St James Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 21 St James Road, Isle Of Grain, Rochester, ME3 0BU
- Aug 2005ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Construction of single storey extension to rear
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- MC/05/1135
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2005.
£261,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 21.9% per year over 5 years.
£147,000
Growth on file: 21.9% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
6 September 2009Most recent
£147,000
+145.0%over 4 years28 February 2005
£60,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME3 0BU: £270,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in ME3 0BU
32 St James Road, Isle Of Grain, Rochester, ME3 0BU
Sold Jan 2025
£282,00030 St James Road, Isle Of Grain, Rochester, ME3 0BU
Sold May 2024
£235,00013 St James Road, Isle Of Grain, Rochester, ME3 0BU
Sold Jul 2023
£330,00037 St James Road, Isle Of Grain, Rochester, ME3 0BU
Sold Sept 2022
£270,0001 St James Road, Isle Of Grain, Rochester, ME3 0BU
Sold Jun 2021
£230,000
Versus other St James Road homes
21 St James Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,258
Street avg £2,026
Floor Area
117 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
9/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Chapel Road Shops — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
St James Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.9dB







