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Get started16 Chaffinch Close is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Chatham (ME5 7RG). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows a C (score 70). The rating has held steady at C across 3 certificates since March 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 91).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £216,000 is 13.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£420/sq ft) was about 134.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £190,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 42 m² it's 19.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (52 m² median across 44 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.
Price for 16 Chaffinch Close has grown more than fourfold since the 1998 starting point.
£216,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.2% per year over 24 years.
£190,000
Growth on file: 8.2% per year over 24 years.
Price per m² for 16 Chaffinch Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,524
Street avg £2,648
Floor Area
42 m²
Street avg 55 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.1dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
More low energy lighting installed
Heating controls changed
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21 December 2021Most recent
£190,000
+43.9%over 6 years18 June 2015
£132,000
+9.5%over 7 years10 August 2007
£120,500
+48.8%over 4 years11 October 2002
£81,000
+37.3%over 1 year3 October 2001
£58,995
+100.0%over 3 years25 March 1998
£29,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME5 7RG: £215,000 (2025–2024).
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.8 t/year
Street avg 2.4 t/year
ME5 7RG
Churchill Clinic — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Wayfield Primary School. 43 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.4dB
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