What type of property is 17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA?

17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA is a 2-bedroom mid-terrace house.

What was the last sold price for 17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA?

17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA last sold for £97,995 in November 2002, around 24 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £55,450 in December 1997. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for 17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA?

Across 3 sales between December 1997 and November 2002, 17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA rose from £55,450 to £97,995, a change of £42,545. That works out to roughly +12.5% per year compounded over 5 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does 17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA have?

The current EPC rating for 17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA is C with a score of 71 out of 100, lodged in September 2025. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA?

17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (570 sq ft), around 27 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 24% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in ME3 8BA. Source: EPC Register.

How is 17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA heated?

The latest EPC at 17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is 17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA?

17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA is in council tax band C.

Where is 17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA located?

17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA sits in High Halstow, Rochester, Rochester. It falls within the ME3 postcode district.

Is 17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA in a safe area?

Police records around 17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA show an average of 9 reported crimes per month over the last 4 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 56% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve 17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA?

The closest primary school to 17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA is Leigh Academy High Halstow (378m).

What transport links are near 17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA?

The closest bus stop to 17 Valentine Drive, ME3 8BA is Longfield Avenue, 102m away. In total there are 16 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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17 Valentine Drive, High Halstow, Rochester, ME3 8BA

3 sales on record

Property type

Mid terrace

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

53 m²

570 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 71

Council tax

Band C

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 17 Valentine Drive

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

17 Valentine Drive is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in High Halstow, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 8BA). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows a C (score 71).

Held since November 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1997–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £274,000 sits 179.6% above the 2002 sale of £97,995. At 53 m² it's 24.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 7 EPCs).

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms2
Bathrooms1
Dining roomYes
EnsuiteYes

Outside

Private gardenRear
ParkingAllocated

Building

RefurbishedYes

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

EPC Rating

C71

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Poor

CO2 Emissions

1.8 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 17 Valentine Drive, High Halstow, Rochester, ME3 8BA, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

17 Valentine Drive has no planning applications on record.

But the area is active

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

17 Valentine Drive's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).

Current estimate

£274,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.5% per year over 5 years.

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Last sold (2002)

£97,995

Growth on file: 12.5% per year over 5 years.

Sales timeline

1 November 2002Most recent
£97,995
+27.3%over 1 year
26 April 2001
£77,000
+38.9%over 3 years
30 December 1997
£55,450

Median price across the last 5 sales in ME3 8BA: £185,000 (2015–2012).

Nearby sales in ME3 8BA

On the street

Versus other Valentine Drive homes

Four headline reads against 7 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Floor Area for 17 Valentine Drive lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£1,849

Street avg £2,594

Strongly below

Floor Area

53 m²

Street avg 81 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 4 rooms

On par

CO₂ Emissions

1.8 t/year

Street avg 2.3 t/year

Strongly above

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Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

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1 2 Dillywood Cottages, Dillywood Lane

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3 bed2 bath

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1 Coe S Green, Chattenden

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4 bed

£417k

1 Apna House, Hoo Road, Wainscott

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Rochester district page.

Full Rochester report

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

Longfield Avenue — bus stop.

Closest school

0.4 km

Leigh Academy High Halstow. 1 school nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around ME3 8BA from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

44.9dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for ME3 8BA

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

36.8dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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