The Firs, Stanley Village, Stanley, Stoke On Trent, ST9 9LX

The Firs is a detached house in Stanley, Stoke-On-Trent, Stoke On Trent (ST9 9LX). It has a recorded floor area of 236 m² (around 2540 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73).

At 236 m² the property is well over the postcode median (155 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2009–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£433/sq ft) was about 103.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £1,100,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.