The Kitchen Garden, 2 May Cottage, Hall Estate, Hoar Cross, Burton On Trent, DE13 8QS

The Kitchen Garden is a mid-terrace house in Hoar Cross, Burton-On-Trent, Burton On Trent (DE13 8QS). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2023) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in July 1999. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 137 m² it sits well below the postcode median (204 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £506,000 sits 304.8% above the 1999 sale of £125,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£85/sq ft) was about 61% below the postcode norm.