31 Cooling Road, High Halstow, Rochester, ME3 8SA
About 31 Cooling Road
31 Cooling Road is a six-bedroom detached house in High Halstow, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 8SA). It has a recorded floor area of 236 m² (around 2540 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in December 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.
At 236 m² the property is well over the postcode median (160 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 85% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Sold June 2021 for £800,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£315/sq ft) was about 35.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms4
Outside
- Communal gardenYes
- ParkingOff street
Building
- Solar panelsYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
31 Cooling Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
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Planning history
31 Cooling Road has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 31 Cooling Road, High Halstow, Rochester, ME3 8SA
- Dec 2021ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Rear of property
Alterations to ground level to facilitate formation of additional living accommodation in lower ground floor level to rear.
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- MC/21/3028
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Sales history & valuation
31 Cooling Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2005.
£848,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.6% per year over 16 years.
£800,000
Growth on file: 4.6% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
27 June 2021Most recent
£800,000
+12.7%over 3 years22 August 2017
£710,000
+57.8%over 5 years18 November 2011
£450,000
-7.2%over 4 years17 May 2007
£485,000
+22.8%over 1 year8 November 2005
£395,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME3 8SA: £850,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in ME3 8SA
21 Cooling Road, High Halstow, Rochester, ME3 8SA
Sold Mar 2025
£545,0003 Cooling Road, High Halstow, Rochester, ME3 8SA
Sold Feb 2025
£850,00024 Cooling Road, High Halstow, Rochester, ME3 8SA
Sold Aug 2023
£930,00023 Cooling Road, High Halstow, Rochester, ME3 8SA
Sold Jun 2022
£857,00011 Cooling Road, High Halstow, Rochester, ME3 8SA
Sold Sept 2021
£685,000
Versus other Cooling Road homes
31 Cooling Road outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,390
Street avg £3,507
Floor Area
236 m²
Street avg 164 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.6 t/year
Street avg 5.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
0.3 km
Hill Farm Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Leigh Academy High Halstow. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB







