3 Railway Cottages, Leek Road, Waterhouses, Stoke On Trent, ST10 3JS

3 Railway Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Waterhouses, Stoke-On-Trent, Stoke On Trent (ST10 3JS). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2015. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since December 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. Today's modelled estimate of £142,000 sits 89.3% above the 2007 sale of £75,000. At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (101 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs).