1 Hermitage Road, Higham, Rochester, ME3 7DA

1 Hermitage Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Higham, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 7DA). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1282 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2011) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The latest certificate is from June 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 119 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £463,000 sits 92.9% above the 2008 sale of £240,000. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.