9 Northwood Avenue, High Halstow, Rochester, ME3 8SX
About 9 Northwood Avenue
9 Northwood Avenue is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in High Halstow, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 8SX). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition, a loft conversion and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 95 m² it's 26.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (129 m² median across 15 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). Across 2013–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£553/sq ft) was about 175.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £565,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
Energy performance
9 Northwood Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Sept 2024
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
4 applications on record at 9 Northwood Avenue, High Halstow, Rochester, ME3 8SX
- Jul 2014ExtensionOutlineOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Application for Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for construction of a single storey side extension incorporating pitched roof over existing flat roof of garage
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- MC/14/1644
- More recent applications — locked
- DemolitionAug 2017Decision
- Loft ConversionFeb 2015Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£587,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 8 years.
£565,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
15 January 2021Most recent
£565,000
+56.9%over 7 years10 April 2013
£360,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME3 8SX: £610,000 (2021–2016).
Nearby sales in ME3 8SX
1a, Northwood Avenue, High Halstow, Rochester, ME3 8SX
Sold Aug 2021
£480,00022 Northwood Avenue, High Halstow, Rochester, ME3 8SX
Sold Jul 2019
£745,00018 Northwood Avenue, High Halstow, Rochester, ME3 8SX
Sold Sept 2018
£610,0002 Northwood Avenue, High Halstow, Rochester, ME3 8SX
Sold Jul 2018
£430,00013 Northwood Avenue, High Halstow, Rochester, ME3 8SX
Sold Nov 2016
£651,500
Versus other Northwood Avenue homes
Price per m² for 9 Northwood Avenue runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,947
Street avg £2,895
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 153 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 6.4 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
Longfield Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Leigh Academy High Halstow. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB







