6 Dorchester Close, Cliffe Woods, Rochester, ME3 8JB

6 Dorchester Close is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Cliffe Woods, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 8JB). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 4 certificates since May 2013. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 71 m² the property is well over the postcode median (44 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £197,000 sits 107.4% above the 2013 sale of £95,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£124/sq ft) was about 41.6% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in September 2013.