1 Shirley Drive, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4BB
About 1 Shirley Drive
1 Shirley Drive is a two-bedroom detached house in Alton, Stoke-On-Trent, Stoke On Trent (ST10 4BB). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a G (score 20), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 50), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The home occupies a corner plot and a cul-de-sac position.
At 103 m² it's 25.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (139 m² median across 18 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2020–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 53.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£397/sq ft) was about 82.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £440,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Corner plotYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Heating systemElectric
- Underfloor heatingYes
Energy performance
1 Shirley Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Shirley Drive has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
12applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 1 Shirley Drive
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
- Recent ownership pattern worth a look
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Sales history & valuation
1 Shirley Drive changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£475,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 53.8% per year over 1 year.
£440,000
Growth on file: 53.8% per year over 1 year.
Sales timeline
27 June 2021Most recent
£440,000
+53.8%over 9 months23 September 2020
£286,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ST10 4BB: £405,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in ST10 4BB
17 Shirley Drive, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4BB
Sold Aug 2024
£375,0007 Shirley Drive, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4BB
Sold Jan 2024
£405,0008 Shirley Drive, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4BB
Sold Aug 2023
£470,0002 Shirley Drive, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4BB
Sold Aug 2022
£485,00033 Shirley Drive, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4BB
Sold Jun 2021
£310,000
Everything we know about 1 Shirley Drive, in one report
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
- Recent ownership pattern worth a look

Versus other Shirley Drive homes
1 Shirley Drive outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,272
Street avg £2,360
Floor Area
103 m²
Street avg 145 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.2 t/year
Street avg 6.9 t/year
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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
0.1 km
Saltersford Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
St Peter's CofE Academy Alton. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB