25 Leaman Close, High Halstow, Rochester, ME3 8EZ

25 Leaman Close is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in High Halstow, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 8EZ). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 573 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2012) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). The latest certificate is from February 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £281,000 sits 339.4% above the 1998 sale of £63,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£112/sq ft) was about 54.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.