1 Forest Barn Cottage, Barton Gate, Barton Under Needwood, Burton On Trent, DE13 8BP

1 Forest Barn Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Barton Under Needwood, Burton-On-Trent, Burton On Trent (DE13 8BP). It has a recorded floor area of 203 m² (around 2185 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since December 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil.

Held since December 1997 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 203 m² the property is well over the postcode median (115 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £488,000 sits 927.4% above the 1997 sale of £47,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£22/sq ft) was about 92.3% below the postcode norm.