Rose Cottage, Garston, Whiston, Stoke On Trent, ST10 2HX

Rose Cottage is a semi-detached house in Whiston, Stoke-On-Trent, Stoke On Trent (ST10 2HX). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1453 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2017) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on oil.

At 135 m² it sits well below the postcode median (206 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Last sale on file: £450,000 in June 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £514,000 is 14.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£310/sq ft) was about 161.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.