15 Holmes Close, High Halstow, Rochester, ME3 8RY

15 Holmes Close is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in High Halstow, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 8RY). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (February 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1998–1999, sale prices on this property compounded at 11% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £302,000 sits 300% above the 1999 sale of £75,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£119/sq ft) was about 45.7% below the postcode norm.