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

3 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 (March 2015) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2015, 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 2003–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £289,000 sits 60.6% above the 2015 sale of £180,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£156/sq ft) was about 35.6% below the postcode norm. On the market in July 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.