3 St James Close, Isle Of Grain, Rochester, ME3 0BX

3 St James Close is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Isle Of Grain, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 0BX). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (October 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 65 m² it's 21.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (83 m² median across 13 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2002–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £224,000 sits 107.4% above the 2012 sale of £108,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£154/sq ft) was about 51.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in November 2012, so it's been off the market for around 14 years.