55 Birches Head Road, Stoke On Trent, ST1 6LH

55 Birches Head Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Stoke On Trent (ST1 6LH). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 868 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2012) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59). The latest certificate is from February 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Held since July 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 81 m² it's 16.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (69 m² median across 14 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 33.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £110,000 is 29.5% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£98/sq ft) was about 69.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.