2 Cobbs Cottages, Lower Rochester Road, Rochester, ME3 8EW

2 Cobbs Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Rochester (ME3 8EW). It has a recorded floor area of 158 m² (around 1701 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on oil. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include notable views and a conservatory. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 158 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion, a garage conversion and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Sold June 2022 for £698,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.