5 Tong Close, Bishops Wood, Stafford, ST19 9AJ

5 Tong Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Bishops Wood, Stafford, Stafford (ST19 9AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory and outbuildings. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Held since July 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. At 134 m² it's 27.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (105 m² median across 11 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £469,000 sits 517.1% above the 1997 sale of £76,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£53/sq ft) was about 72.9% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.