2 Argyle Street, Stoke On Trent, ST1 4LD

2 Argyle Street is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Stoke On Trent (ST1 4LD). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2020) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2010. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump.

Held since June 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 153 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £132,000 sits 1000% above the 1998 sale of £12,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£7/sq ft) was about 89.5% below the postcode norm.