8 Firwood Close, Stockport, SK2 5BN

8 Firwood Close is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Stockport (SK2 5BN). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

At 94 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £285,000 is 21.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£232/sq ft) was about 50.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £235,000 in December 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.