What type of property is 6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF?

6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house.

What was the last sold price for 6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF?

6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF last sold for £340,000 in August 2021, around 5 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £225,000 in April 2008. Source: HM Land Registry.

How has the value of 6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF changed over time?

Across 3 sales between April 2008 and August 2021, 6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF rose from £225,000 to £340,000, a change of £115,000. That works out to roughly +3.2% per year compounded over 13 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the EPC rating for 6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF?

The current EPC rating for 6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF is C with a score of 78 out of 100, lodged in October 2018. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF?

6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (1,259 sq ft), around 39 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 86% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in ME3 8NF. Source: EPC Register.

How is 6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF heated?

The latest EPC at 6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is 6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF?

6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF is in council tax band D.

Where is 6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF located?

6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF sits in Chattenden, Rochester, Rochester. It falls within the ME3 postcode district.

How safe is the area around 6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF?

Police records around 6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF 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 6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF?

The closest primary school to 6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF is Chattenden Primary School (624m), one of 9 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo (1.2km), with 4 secondaries in the surrounding area.

What transport links are near 6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF?

The closest bus stop to 6 Searchlight Heights, ME3 8NF is Haig Villas, 368m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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6 Searchlight Heights, Chattenden, Rochester, ME3 8NF

3 sales on record

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

117 m²

1259 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 78

Council tax

Band D

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 6 Searchlight Heights

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

6 Searchlight Heights is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Chattenden, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 8NF). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87).

At 117 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 34 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2008–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £396,000 is 16.5% above the 2021 sale price. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £340,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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

Bedrooms3
Bathrooms2
Dining roomYes
EnsuiteYes

Outside

Private gardenRear
GarageIntegral

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

C78

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Good

CO2 Emissions

2.6 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 6 Searchlight Heights, Chattenden, Rochester, ME3 8NF, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

6 Searchlight Heights has no planning applications on record.

But the area is active

5 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

Price

Sales history & valuation

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

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£396,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.2% per year over 13 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£340,000

Growth on file: 3.2% per year over 13 years.

Sales timeline

2 August 2021Most recent
£340,000
+15.3%over 2 years
17 April 2019
£295,000
+31.1%over 10 years
23 April 2008
£225,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in ME3 8NF: £203,000 (2025–2023).

Nearby sales in ME3 8NF

On the street

Versus other Searchlight Heights homes

Four headline reads against 19 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

6 Searchlight Heights outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,906

Street avg £3,239

On par

Floor Area

117 m²

Street avg 86 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 4 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

2.6 t/year

Street avg 2.1 t/year

Strongly below

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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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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

0.4 km

Haig Villas — bus stop.

Closest school

0.6 km

Chattenden Primary School. 13 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

47.2dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for ME3 8NF

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

39.8dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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Common questions

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