16 Lakewood Drive, Barlaston, Stoke On Trent, ST12 9BH

16 Lakewood Drive is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Barlaston, Stoke-On-Trent, Stoke On Trent (ST12 9BH). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. At 72 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 22 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 67–198 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (41 versus a best of 81). The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since June 2009. Between certificates, main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £140,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 72 m² it's 23.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (94 m² median across 21 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year.