Rose Cottage, Alton Road, Denstone, Uttoxeter, ST14 5DH

Rose Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Denstone, Uttoxeter, Uttoxeter (ST14 5DH). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in July 2015 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.

Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in October 2002. Today's modelled estimate of £218,000 sits 263.3% above the 2002 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£63/sq ft) was about 66.4% below the postcode norm. At 89 m² it sits well below the postcode median (143 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs).