Copperfield House, Apartment 2, Chequers Court, Higham, Rochester, ME3 7HZ

Copperfield House is an end-of-terrace house in Higham, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 7HZ). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 50 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Copperfield House (50–123 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (49 versus a best of 74). The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 50 m² it sits well below the postcode median (77 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. It changed hands recently, sold July 2025 for £163,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2014–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£303/sq ft) was about 35.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.