Hurstons Cottage, Hurstons Lane, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4AP
About Hurstons Cottage
Hurstons Cottage is a detached house in Alton, Stoke-On-Trent, Stoke On Trent (ST10 4AP). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft). The latest certificate (December 2020) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average.
At 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (122 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2018–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 72.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £584,000 is 18% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£269/sq ft) was about 28.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2021 for £495,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2020.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Hurstons Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2020ConditionsIn report
Discharge of condition 5 relating to SMD/2018/0488
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- DOC/2020/0038
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Hurstons Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£584,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 72.2% per year over 3 years.
£495,000
Growth on file: 72.2% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
17 February 2021Most recent
£495,000
+350.0%over 2 years13 May 2018
£110,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ST10 4AP: £275,000 (2022–2014).
Nearby sales in ST10 4AP
Tennis Cottage, Hurstons Lane, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4AP
Sold Nov 2022
£471,000Maisie View, Hurstons Lane, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4AP
Sold Dec 2020
£310,000Inglenook, Hurstons Lane, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4AP
Sold Jan 2020
£275,000Acres Nook, Hurstons Lane, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4AP
Sold Oct 2019
£247,5001 The Hurstones, Hurstons Lane, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4AP
Sold Aug 2013
£185,000
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Hurstons Lane homes
Hurstons Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,895
Street avg £2,087
Floor Area
171 m²
Street avg 114 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.6 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 13 years
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Knight Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
St Peter's CofE Academy Alton. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB