5 Abbey Close, Stafford, ST17 4XY

5 Abbey Close is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Stafford (ST17 4XY). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a C (score 70). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since July 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good. At 42 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 14 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 40–98 m².

At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (63 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Sold January 2022 for £105,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £116,000 is 10.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£232/sq ft) was about 44.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.