Bredgar Cottage, Allhallows Road, Lower Stoke, Rochester, ME3 9SN

Bredgar Cottage is a detached house in Lower Stoke, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 9SN). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (September 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump.

At 120 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Sold August 2024 for £440,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£341/sq ft) was about 129.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.