31 Shepherds Way, Lower Stoke, Rochester, ME3 9RG

31 Shepherds Way is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Lower Stoke, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 9RG). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The property has an EV charger on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

At 140 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £488,000 is 13.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£285/sq ft) was about 65.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2022 for £430,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.