Rose Cottage, Barrow Hill, Rocester, Uttoxeter, ST14 5BX

Rose Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Rocester, Uttoxeter, Uttoxeter (ST14 5BX). It has a recorded floor area of 208 m² (around 2239 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2011 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in July 2002. At 208 m² the property is well over the postcode median (159 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £400,000 sits 566.7% above the 2002 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£27/sq ft) was about 88.4% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.