23 Cooling Road, High Halstow, Rochester, ME3 8SA

23 Cooling Road is a four-bedroom detached house in High Halstow, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 8SA). It has a recorded floor area of 205 m² (around 2207 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor 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 81), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a balcony and notable views.

At 205 m² the property is well over the postcode median (156 m² across 22 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 and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£388/sq ft) was about 67.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2022 for £857,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.