5 Countess Street, Stockport, SK2 6HB

5 Countess Street is an end-of-terrace house in Stockport (SK2 6HB). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in January 2021 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

At 121 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 38 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £306,000 is 30.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£180/sq ft) was about 25.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £235,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.