What type of property is 1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD?

1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD is a 4-bedroom semi-detached house.

What was the last sold price for 1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD?

1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD last sold for £293,000 in March 2022, around 4 years ago. Before that, it sold for £220,000 in December 2015, so prices have been rising over 6 years on record. Source: HM Land Registry.

Has 1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD appreciated in value?

Across 2 sales between December 2015 and March 2022, 1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD rose from £220,000 to £293,000, a change of £73,000. That works out to roughly +4.7% per year compounded over 6 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

How energy efficient is 1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD?

The current EPC rating for 1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD is B with a score of 82 out of 100, lodged in December 2012. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD?

1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (1,227 sq ft), around 29 m² per bedroom. Source: EPC Register.

How is 1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD heated?

The latest EPC at 1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is 1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD?

1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD is in council tax band C.

Where is 1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD located?

1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD sits in Lower Stoke, Rochester, Rochester. It falls within the ME3 postcode district.

How safe is the area around 1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD?

Police records around 1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD show an average of 9 reported crimes per month over the last 4 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 56% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve 1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD?

The closest primary school to 1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD is Leigh Academy Peninsula East (245m).

What transport links are near 1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD?

The closest bus stop to 1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, ME3 9RD is The Nags Head, 47m away. In total there are 13 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, Lower Stoke, Rochester, ME3 9RD

EPC B

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

114 m²

1227 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 82

Council tax

Band C

Overview

About 1 Orchard View Cottages

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

1 Orchard View Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Lower Stoke, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 9RD). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft) and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2012) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. The latest certificate is from December 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £337,000 is 15% above the 2022 sale price. Last sale on file: £293,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms4
Bathrooms2
CloakroomYes
EnsuiteYes

Outside

Private gardenYes
ParkingOff road

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

1 Orchard View Cottages's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Dec 2022

EPC Rating

B82

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Very Good

CO2 Emissions

2.0 t/year

Occupancy

—

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 1 Orchard View Cottages, High Street, Lower Stoke, Rochester, ME3 9RD, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

1 Orchard View Cottages has no planning applications on record.

But the area is active

4 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£337,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 6 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£293,000

Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 6 years.

Sales timeline

25 March 2022Most recent
£293,000
+33.2%over 6 years
16 December 2015
£220,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in ME3 9RD: £216,000 (2024–2016).

Nearby sales in ME3 9RD

On the street

Versus other High Street homes

Four headline reads against 8 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

1 Orchard View Cottages outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,570

Street avg £2,678

On par

Floor Area

114 m²

Street avg 105 m²

Above

CO₂ Emissions

2.0 t/year

Street avg 3.4 t/year

Above

Years Held

4 years

Street avg 10 years

Strongly below

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Comparables

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Rochester district page.

Full Rochester report

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

0.0 km

The Nags Head — bus stop.

Closest school

0.2 km

Leigh Academy Peninsula East. 1 school nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around ME3 9RD from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

46.7dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for ME3 9RD

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

40.5dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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Common questions

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