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45, Forge Lane, Rochester appears in the public record as a freehold house sitting on a 407 m2 plot.
By comparing it to nearby properties, we estimate it to be an early-century house with 1,327 ft2 of internal area and a garden.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 4 bedrooms.
Our estimate of the sale value of 45, Forge Lane, Rochester is £522,358 and its rental estimate is £1,908 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Forge Lane, Higham, Rochester, ME3 falls within the ME3 postal district, in the borough of Gravesham.
45, Forge Lane, Rochester has 2 entries in the Land Registry , most recently in May 2018 and no records in the EPC database.
We combine this sold price information with public data of neighbouring properties to estimate the attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 4 out of 5 and is considered of high accuracy.
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For 45, Forge Lane, Rochester, we estimate a market value of £548,475 and a rental value of £2,003 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £485,793 and £1,774 per month respectively.
Over the last year, 45, Forge Lane, Rochester has seen its estimated sale value climb by £1,889 (0.4%) and its estimated rental value rise by £45 per month (2.4%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 4.4%.
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for 45, Forge Lane, Rochester as measuring 407 m2.
That makes it the 15th largest plot in the postcode, where all 19 other houses have recorded plot data.
The most recent sale of 45, Forge Lane, Rochester completed on 16th May 2018 at £420,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 the property has sold twice.
Values of comparable properties have risen by 8.5% over the period since May 2018.
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to 45, Forge Lane, Rochester have sold within a radius of 1.7 kilometres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 31st March 2025, was 47, Forge Lane, Rochester, ME3 7AH, a freehold house which sold for £480,000.
Read more about house prices in ME3.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
Of the 76 addresses on Forge Lane, Higham, Rochester, ME3, 45, Forge Lane, Rochester comes out as the 14th largest and the 12th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £140k more expensive than the average property across the ME3 district.
From 45, Forge Lane, Rochester, the nearest station is Higham, 1.7 kilometres away.
Broadband here reaches superfast speeds, based on recent Ofcom data.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Superfast broadband is available in the area.
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
The recent census recorded whether a resident owned or rented their home.
In the area around 45, Forge Lane, Rochester, 41.8% of property is privately owned outright and 36.9% is privately owned with a mortgage.
The graph below shows how this compares to South East and the rest of England & Wales.
The recent census recorded the highest level of education achieved by residents in the local area.
In the area around 45, Forge Lane, Rochester, 21.9% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 28.8% as possessing degree level qualifications.
The graph below shows how this compares to South East and the rest of England & Wales.
The most recent census in 2021 recorded the age of all UK residents.
In the area around 45, Forge Lane, Rochester, the average age was 45.8 and the most common age was 57.
The graph below shows how this compares to South East and the rest of England & Wales
The recent census recorded whether a property was a primary or secondary home for the resident.
In the area around 45, Forge Lane, Rochester, 0.9% of property was a second home.
Comparison figures for South East and the rest of England & Wales are listed below.
The recent census recorded the number of cars registered in each household.
In the area around 45, Forge Lane, Rochester, there are an average of 1.7 cars per household.
See below for how this compares to South East and the rest of England & Wales.
