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Rochester Avenue, LU2

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£187,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,475
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
29
Distinct homes
17
Price range
£79,500£349,995
Sales recorded
2001 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Rochester Avenue is mostly semi-detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £187,000 — roughly 36% below the LU2 norm. On floor area that works out near £3,475 per square metre, below the district's £3,726. Recent sales are too thin to call a trend for the street itself; LU2 prices as a whole have been rising. With 29 sales across 17 homes since 2001, homes here come to market only rarely.

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Rochester Avenue prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 29 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianLU2 district trend
£0£100k£200k£300k£400k200520102015202020252001: £79,500 median · 1 sale2002: £107,998 median · 2 sales2004: £135,000 median · 1 sale2005: £125,000 median · 3 sales2007: £198,500 median · 2 sales2009: £139,000 median · 4 sales2010: £190,000 median · 1 sale2013: £153,000 median · 2 sales2014: £165,500 median · 1 sale2016: £213,748 median · 2 sales2017: £260,000 median · 3 sales2019: £227,500 median · 2 sales2020: £276,500 median · 2 sales2021: £349,995 median · 1 sale2024: £330,000 median · 1 sale2025: £300,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the LU2 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Rochester Avenue compares

Rochester Avenue against the LU2 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Old Bedford Road£540k · 79
Armstrong Road£430k · 183
Telscombe Way£281k · 64
Hitchin Road£280k · 99
Devon Road£265k · 71
Chesford Road£264k · 87
Kimpton Road£259k · 118
Stirling Drive£240k · 210
Rochester Avenue£187k · 29*
Handcross Road£151k · 81

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£187,000
median · all recorded sales
LU2 district
£292,000
median · last 8 years · street -36%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Rochester Avenue's £187,000 median sits about 36% below LU2's £292,000; on floor space it runs £3,475/m² against the district's £3,726/m² (-7%).

Street and LU2 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Prices by property type

Median sold price by property type on Rochester Avenue.

Semi-detached
£206,250
22 sales
Terraced
£138,000
5 sales
Detached
£216,000
2 sales

Every recorded sale on Rochester Avenue

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
6 May 202533 · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£300,000
7 Jun 20242b · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£330,000
5 Nov 202111 · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£349,995
10 Nov 202011 · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£311,000
16 Sept 202033 · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£242,000
19 Jul 201929 · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£210,000
24 Apr 20194 · LU2 8EBDetached£245,000
30 Nov 20177 · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£276,000
27 Oct 201713 · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£260,000
25 May 20179 · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£243,000
11 Aug 201625 · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£224,995
4 Jan 20163 · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£202,500
28 Mar 20149 · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£165,500
11 Dec 201323 · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£168,000
22 Nov 201319 · LU2 8EBTerraced£138,000
15 Jun 20102 · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£190,000
11 Dec 200931 · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£145,000
8 May 200925 · LU2 8EB Terraced£138,000
8 May 200925 · LU2 8EBTerraced£138,000
5 May 20099 · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£140,000
14 Dec 20071a · LU2 8EBDetached£187,000
24 Sept 20077 · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£210,000
2 Dec 200531 · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£123,000
31 Oct 200533 · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£125,000
28 Oct 200525 · LU2 8EBTerraced£125,000
25 Jun 20043 · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£135,000
28 Jun 200215 · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£116,000
3 Apr 200227 · LU2 8EBTerraced£99,995
23 Mar 20013 · LU2 8EBSemi-detached£79,500
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More streets in LU2

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider LU2 area guide.

Hitchin RoadHandcross RoadKimpton RoadOld Bedford RoadChesford RoadHigh Town RoadCrawley Green RoadDevon RoadMidland RoadAshcroft RoadStirling DriveRidgway Road
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.