14 Cottam Crescent, Marple Bridge, Stockport, SK6 5BJ

14 Cottam Crescent is a three-bedroom detached house in Marple Bridge, Stockport, Stockport (SK6 5BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump.

Across 1996–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £412,000 sits 64.8% above the 2015 sale of £250,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 95 m² it's 22.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (78 m² median across 10 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). 11 years since the last transfer (October 2015).