# 3 bedroom terraced house for sale (ME2 2XD)

## Property Details

| Key | Value |
|-----|-------|
| Address | 45 BLIGH WAY, ROCHESTER, STROOD, MEDWAY ME2 2XD |
| Price | £300,000 |
| Bedrooms | 3 |
| Bathrooms | 1 |
| Last sold | £310,000 Jul 2025 |

## Description

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Take a look at this lovely three bedroom terrace family home in a popular area of Strood. There is so much on offer here and is perfect for families and commuters alike. You are greeted with an entrance hallway with handy alcove for coats and shoes. The living/dining room is a generous size with dual aspect windows allowing for natural light to flood the room. The kitchen/breakfast room again offers ample space with plenty of cupboard space and even room for all utilities at one end. This area also benefits from a breakfast bar making the room more of a social space. 

Upstairs there are three good sized bedrooms and the family bathroom. Bedrooms one and two are generous doubles with fitted cupboard space and are decorated in modern tones. The third a good sized single, again with a fitted cupboard, currently being used as a home office. The family bathroom has a modern white suite and the WC is currently separate, a usual design for this age of property. This can easily be knocked through to make one full bathroom if this is your preference. 

Externally there is a brick built storage cupboard to the front and block paved driveway for multiple cars; which has been recently cleaned and re-sanded. The rear garden has been landscaped by the current owners in to large, functional tiers. The first offers a spectacular seating area, perfect for BBQ's and the last two have been laid to lawn, the fences have also been recently replaced and painted grey making the garden secure and modern.

If this wasn't enough there is also the potential here to extend the property to the rear, subject to the relevant planning, to create another reception room.   

The location 

Situated in a popular residential location there are many amenities on your doorstep. You have a choice of good local schools; including one on the same street, convince stores and even a petrol station nearby. Links to the M2 are fantastic with Bluewater shopping centre only a 20 minute drive away approximately. On your doorstep you have Medway Valley Leisure Park, with a Cineworld, Hollywood Bowl, a choice of bars, restaurants and even Diggerland theme park. Strood train station is also just 2 miles away approx. with services to London terminals in as little at 33 minutes. Strood itself has a good high street and retail park, historic Rochester is just the other side of the River Medway, with its stunning Cathedral and events throughout the the year in the castle grounds, it is definitely worth a visit. 

We endeavour to make our sales particulars as accurate and reliable as possible; however, they do not constitute or form part of an offer or contract, nor can they be regarded as representations or relied upon as statements of fact.  All interested parties must verify the accuracy via their solicitor who will check any relevant lease information, related charges, parking, ground rents, fixtures / fittings, rights of way / access, permissions for extensions / conversions and, required planning / building regulations.  Appliances have not been tested and interested parties may want to have them checked by a professional.  The floorplan is not to scale and its accuracy nor measurements can be confirmed, all interested parties should consult their surveyor should they want verification of the floorplan or plot size.  All interested parties should seek the advice of their surveyor in relation to the building structure.

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## Floorplans

- ![Floorplan 1](/listings/photos/160486934/502405) - Floorplan 1

## EPC Graphs

- ![EPC 1](/listings/photos/160486934/502406) - EPC 1

## Sales History

*Recorded sales for this property. Data from Land Registry Price Paid.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 45 BLIGH WAY, STROOD, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2XD | £310,000 | 10/07/2025 | Terraced |
| 45 BLIGH WAY, STROOD, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2XD | £235,000 | 03/12/2018 | Terraced |

## Sold Comparables

*Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles. Data from Land Registry Price Paid. Last 5 years.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 24 SEAGULL ROAD, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2SG | £340,000 | 19/12/2025 | Terraced |
| 42 TERN CRESCENT, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2RG | £280,000 | 18/12/2025 | Terraced |
| 18 ST ALBANS ROAD, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2RT | £277,500 | 28/11/2025 | Terraced |
| 7 SOUTHWARK ROAD, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2SE | £260,000 | 10/10/2025 | Terraced |
| 21 TERN CRESCENT, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2RG | £310,000 | 04/09/2025 | Terraced |
| 22 FULMAR ROAD, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2SN | £248,000 | 30/11/2023 | Terraced |
| 7 LINCOLN CLOSE, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2RJ | £237,500 | 06/11/2023 | Terraced |
| 29 CHELMSFORD ROAD, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2RY | £242,500 | 09/10/2023 | Terraced |
| 13 SOUTHWARK ROAD, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2SE | £240,000 | 16/06/2023 | Terraced |
| 103 BLIGH WAY, STROOD, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2XF | £310,000 | 15/05/2023 | Terraced |
| 100 BLIGH WAY, STROOD, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2UX | £355,000 | 12/04/2023 | Terraced |
| 20 CURLEW CRESCENT, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2RF | £295,000 | 16/12/2022 | Terraced |
| 26 SEAGULL ROAD, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2SG | £290,000 | 07/11/2022 | Terraced |
| 3 LINCOLN CLOSE, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2RJ | £282,000 | 04/11/2022 | Terraced |
| 7 FULMAR ROAD, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2SL | £350,000 | 28/10/2022 | Terraced |
| 3 CHELMSFORD ROAD, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2RY | £235,000 | 28/10/2022 | Terraced |
| 18 FULMAR ROAD, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2SN | £252,000 | 21/10/2022 | Terraced |
| 12 LINCOLN CLOSE, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2RJ | £230,000 | 12/10/2022 | Terraced |
| 41 SEAGULL ROAD, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2RH | £144,200 | 29/09/2022 | Terraced |
| 7 PENGUIN CLOSE, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2SH | £320,000 | 26/08/2022 | Terraced |
| [Same street] 31 BLIGH WAY, STROOD, ROCHESTER, MEDWAY, ME2 2XD | £335,000 | 25/02/2022 | Semi-detached |

**Street average:** £335,000 (1 sale)
**Area average:** £274,935 (20 sales)

## Price vs local average

*Outcode + property type (HousePrices, last 2 years).*

- **Local average:** £279,789 (54 Terraced, ME2, 2024–2026)
- **Deviation:** +7.2%

## Rental Range

*ONS Price Index of Private Rents (Medway). Low / Realistic / Optimistic = conservative / average / best case.*

- **Low:** £1,113/mo
- **Realistic:** £1,237/mo
- **Optimistic:** £1,361/mo

## LHA (Local Housing Allowance)

*VOA 30th percentile rent floor for Medway & Swale (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026).*

- **LHA floor (this property size):** £937/mo

## Rental Comparables

*Residential lets from OpenRent and Rightmove for the area (same bedroom count). Use to validate rent estimates. Student lets are excluded.*

| Title | Rent | Beds | Distance | As seen on |
|------|------|------|------|------|
| 3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Carnation Road, ME2 | £1,595/mo | 3 | 0.19 miles | OpenRent |
| 3 Bed Terraced House, Hyacinth Road, ME2 | £1,600/mo | 3 | 0.19 miles | OpenRent |
| 3 Bed Terraced House, Darnley Road, ME2 | £1,350/mo | 3 | 0.35 miles | OpenRent |
| 3 Bed Terraced House, The Spires, ME2 | £1,400/mo | 3 | 0.39 miles | OpenRent |

**Average rent: £1,486/mo (4 listings)**

## 1% Rule

- **Rent ratio:** 0.5% (weak for cashflow)
- **Max investor price (0.8%):** £187,250
- **Target investor price (1%):** £149,800

*Monthly rent ÷ price. 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak. Max investor price = rent ÷ 0.8% (Stoke-style target). Target investor price = rent ÷ 1% (strong cashflow band). Based on OpenRent comparables.*

## Rent-driven metrics

*Based on OpenRent comparables (median £1,498/mo).*

- **Gross yield:** 6%
- **Cost-to-rent:** 16.7×
- **Monthly cashflow:** £142/mo (75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term)
- **Cash-on-cash ROI:** 2%

*Gross yield = annual rent as % of price (no costs). Cost-to-rent = price ÷ annual rent (from OpenRent comparables); under 14× = strong, 14–16× = acceptable, 17×+ = compressed. Cashflow = rent − mortgage − 10% maintenance − £25/mo compliance; assumes 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term. ROI = annual profit ÷ cash in (deposit + 4% purchase costs).*

## Capital growth trend

*Land Registry outcode average from sold prices: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago.*

- **5y growth:** 14.2%
- **10y growth:** 33.4%

## House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

*Official index for Medway; Terraced series; as of March 2026.*

- **1y growth (index):** 0.5%
- **5y growth (index):** 17%
- **10y growth (index):** 45.5%

## Flood risk

- **Zone:** 1
- **Risk:** Low
- **Source:** Job (default Low)

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