551 London Road, Stoke On Trent, ST4 5AZ

551 London Road is a mid-terrace house in Stoke On Trent (ST4 5AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2017) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced Stoke On Trent HPI: 5.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£111/sq ft) was about 28.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold April 2022 for £130,000. Across the public record there are 6 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, subdivision and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 109 m² it's 29% larger than the typical home in the postcode (85 m² median across 30 EPCs).