Typical 3-bedroom house£350kmost £303k–£401k
Houses per m²£4,179flats £3,678
Sold last year2481,738 in five years
Prices in Medway+1.1%on a year ago
A typical 3-bedroom house in ME1 sold for £349,702 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £303,040 and £400,935, for about 86 m² of space. That is about the same as the same home across Rochester (£349,000).
248 homes sold here in the last year: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks. Flats start at around £158k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in ME1 2 (£4,152) and the most in ME1 1 (£4,278).
Across Medway, prices are up 1.1% on a year ago and up 14.4% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £1,336 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £1,595 a month at 4.5% over 30 years.
Questions about ME1
Is ME1 a good area to buy a home?
What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs about the same as across Rochester; prices in Medway are up 1.1% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (83% against 64%); the best secondary is below it (32.4% against 43.8%); 248 homes sold here last year. Whether it suits you depends on your budget and what you need nearby, so compare it with the districts around it below.
How much is a 3-bedroom house in ME1?
A typical 3-bedroom house in ME1 sold for £349,702 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £303,040 and £400,935.
Is ME1 expensive for Rochester?
A 3-bedroom house in ME1 costs about the same as the typical 3-bedroom house across Rochester (£349,000).
How many homes sell in ME1 each year?
248 homes sold in the last year and 1,738 in five years: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks.
What are the schools like near ME1?
The best-performing state primary within 2 km is The Pilgrim School (A Church of England Primary With Nursery), where 83% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).
Where is cheaper near ME1?
For a 3-bedroom house, ME4 (£285k, 3 km), ME7 (£285k, 4 km).
Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.