42a, Crewe Road, Alsager, Stoke On Trent, ST7 2ET

42a is a semi-detached house in Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent, Stoke On Trent (ST7 2ET). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2017) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65).

Today's modelled estimate of £157,000 is 58.1% below the 2018 sale of £375,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£363/sq ft) was about 492.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 96 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). 8 years since the last transfer (February 2018).