5 Bedford Street, Stockton Heath, Warrington, WA4 6LY

5 Bedford Street is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Stockton Heath, Warrington, Warrington (WA4 6LY). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2013) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 76 m² it sits well below the postcode median (136 m² across 25 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2012–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £306,000 is 13.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£330/sq ft) was about 83.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold July 2022 for £270,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2012.