1 Portland Place, Waterhouses, Stoke On Trent, ST10 3HU

1 Portland Place is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Waterhouses, Stoke-On-Trent, Stoke On Trent (ST10 3HU). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 107 m² it's 20.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (89 m² median across 20 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2002–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £293,000 is 46.5% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£174/sq ft) was about 28.8% below the postcode norm. Last sold in February 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years.