2 Castle Street, Stockport, SK3 9AB

2 Castle Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Stockport (SK3 9AB). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a balcony.

Held since April 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 64 m² the property is well over the postcode median (47 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £140,000 sits 154.5% above the 2005 sale of £55,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£80/sq ft) was about 43.2% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.