Brook Cottage, Quixhill Lane, Prestwood, Uttoxeter, ST14 5DD

Brook Cottage is a detached house in Prestwood, Uttoxeter, Uttoxeter (ST14 5DD). It has a recorded floor area of 168 m² (around 1808 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (May 2016); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 168 m² it's 19.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (209 m² median across 6 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £828,000 is 26% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£363/sq ft) was about 56% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2019 at £657,000.