18 Orchard Crescent, Penkridge, Stafford, ST19 5BT

18 Orchard Crescent is a semi-detached house in Penkridge, Stafford, Stafford (ST19 5BT). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 88).

Held since November 1997 — that's 29 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. Today's modelled estimate of £246,000 sits 272.7% above the 1997 sale of £66,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£114/sq ft) was about 45.1% below the postcode norm. At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (78 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs).