Birchwood View Cottage, Abbots Bromley Road, Hoar Cross, Burton On Trent, DE13 8RA

Birchwood View Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Hoar Cross, Burton-On-Trent, Burton On Trent (DE13 8RA). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2026) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since January 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition. Other recorded features include notable views and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 133 m² it sits well below the postcode median (223 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£506/sq ft) was about 76.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £725,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.