Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
3 White Oak Farm Cottage is a semi-detached house in Bishops Wood, Stafford, Stafford (ST19 9AP). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 77 m² it's 21.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (98 m² median across 8 EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Certificate validity
Valid until 6 October 2029
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
Wall insulation improved
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Get a survey for this property
Because the property was built before 1919, has no mains gas supply, and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
From £885 · Includes VAT
3 White Oak Farm Cottage has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 3 White Oak Farm Cottage, Offoxey Road, Bishops Wood, Stafford, ST19 9AP
Extension: Single storey
Erection of a first floor extension to 3 and 4 White Oak Cottages
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3 White Oak Farm Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£297,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 2 sales in ST19 9AP: £755,000 (2022–2018).
On epc rating, 3 White Oak Farm Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
43 (E)
Street avg 50 (E)
Floor Area
77 m²
Street avg 127 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.9 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
75/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.8 km
The Royal Oak PH — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
St John's CofE First School. 1 school nearby.
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