17 Aldershaw Close, Stafford, ST16 1SX

17 Aldershaw Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Stafford (ST16 1SX). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good.

Held since August 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £317,000 sits 503.8% above the 1996 sale of £52,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£34/sq ft) was about 78.8% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2005.