Driftwood, Symonds Road, Cliffe, Rochester, ME3 7SS

Driftwood is a detached house in Cliffe, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 7SS). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 151 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £517,000 is 27.7% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£249/sq ft) was about 30.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in November 2016.