What kind of home is Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR?

Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR is a detached house.

When did Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR last change hands?

Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR last sold for £312,000 in February 2021, around 5 years ago. Before that, it sold for £195,000 in September 2007, so prices have been rising over 13 years on record. Source: HM Land Registry.

Has Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR appreciated in value?

Across 2 sales between September 2007 and February 2021, Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR rose from £195,000 to £312,000, a change of £117,000. That works out to roughly +3.6% per year compounded over 13 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

How energy efficient is Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR?

The current EPC rating for Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR is E with a score of 54 out of 100, lodged in June 2020. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

How big is Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR?

Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (764 sq ft). That makes it about 82% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in ME3 9SR. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR use?

The latest EPC at Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What is the council tax band for Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR?

Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR is in council tax band D.

Which area is Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR in?

Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR sits in Lower Stoke, Rochester, Rochester. It falls within the ME3 postcode district.

How safe is the area around Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR?

Police records around Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR 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.

What schools are near Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR?

The closest primary school to Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR is Leigh Academy Peninsula East (135m).

What is the nearest station to Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR?

The closest bus stop to Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, ME3 9SR is Button Drive, 65m away. In total there are 13 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, Lower Stoke, Rochester, ME3 9SR

Property type

Detached

Habitable rooms

From EPC

Floor area

71 m²

764 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 54

Council tax

Band D

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About Kodgers Cottage

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

Kodgers Cottage is a detached house in Lower Stoke, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 9SR). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump.

At 71 m² the property is well over the postcode median (39 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £368,000 is 17.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£408/sq ft) was about 97% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £312,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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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.

Kodgers Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Rating

E54

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Poor

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

4.3 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Kodgers Cottage, Button Drive, Lower Stoke, Rochester, ME3 9SR, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Kodgers Cottage has no planning applications on record.

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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

£368,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.6% per year over 13 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£312,000

Growth on file: 3.6% per year over 13 years.

Sales timeline

5 February 2021Most recent
£312,000
+60.0%over 13 years
3 September 2007
£195,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in ME3 9SR: £195,000 (2016–1997).

Nearby sales in ME3 9SR

On the street

Versus other Button Drive homes

Four headline reads against 10 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Kodgers Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.

EPC Rating

54 (E)

Street avg 65 (D)

Strongly below

Floor Area

71 m²

Street avg 51 m²

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

4.3 t/year

Street avg 2.4 t/year

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

3 rooms

Street avg 3 rooms

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Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

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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

0.1 km

Button Drive — bus stop.

Closest school

0.1 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 9SR from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

45.8dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for ME3 9SR

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.9dB

Low

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70 dB

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80 dB

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