The Hollies, Old Rickerscote Lane, Stafford, ST17 4HG

The Hollies is a three-bedroom detached house in Stafford (ST17 4HG). It has a recorded floor area of 219 m² (around 2357 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a C (score 72). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Average. Other recorded features include a conservatory, a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot.

At 219 m² the property is well over the postcode median (121 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 77% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £510,000 is 13.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£191/sq ft) was about 44.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2021 for £450,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.