2 Brent Close, Stafford, ST17 4XQ

2 Brent Close is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Stafford (ST17 4XQ). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 457 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2010) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. The latest certificate is from January 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 43 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 11 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–97 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (83 versus a worst of 68).

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in January 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 43 m² it's 29.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (60 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2002–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£229/sq ft) was about 42.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.