Sycamore Cottage, Leek Road, Waterhouses, Stoke On Trent, ST10 3JS

Sycamore Cottage is a detached house in Waterhouses, Stoke-On-Trent, Stoke On Trent (ST10 3JS). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since January 2014. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on smokeless coal. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 122 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £377,000 sits 50.8% above the 2014 sale of £249,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£190/sq ft) was about 41.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in May 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.