Tennis Cottage, Hurstons Lane, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4AP

Tennis Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Alton, Stoke-On-Trent, Stoke On Trent (ST10 4AP). It has a recorded floor area of 179 m² (around 1927 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since May 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 179 m² the property is well over the postcode median (122 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£244/sq ft) was about 15.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £471,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.