2 Broad Street Cottages, Main Road, Hoo, Rochester, ME3 9HG

2 Broad Street Cottages is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hoo, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 9HG). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 109), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include a loft.

Held since November 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1997–1998, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £263,000 sits 376% above the 1998 sale of £55,250. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£84/sq ft) was about 65.8% below the postcode norm. At 61 m² it sits well below the postcode median (117 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.