14 Mow Lane, Gillow Heath, Stoke On Trent, ST8 6QQ

14 Mow Lane is a five-bedroom detached house in Gillow Heath, Stoke-On-Trent, Stoke On Trent (ST8 6QQ). It has a recorded floor area of 227 m² (around 2443 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2010) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (September 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good and roof efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from June 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since March 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 227 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 20.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £472,000 is 25% above the 2007 sale price.