8 Kensington Place, Cannock, WS12 3XU
About 8 Kensington Place
8 Kensington Place is a four-bedroom detached house in Cannock (WS12 3XU). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £371,000 is 14.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£382/sq ft) was about 174.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 79 m² it's 18.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (97 m² median across 11 EPCs). Last sale on file: £325,000 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- ParkingOff road
Energy performance
8 Kensington Place's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 May 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey side extension at 8 Kensington Place.
- Oct 2014ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey side extension
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- CH/14/0325
What's in 8 Kensington Place, Cannock, WS12 3XU's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
8 Kensington Place has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2004.
£371,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.3% per year over 18 years.
£325,000
Growth on file: 4.3% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
4 February 2022Most recent
£325,000
+89.0%over 14 years2 August 2007
£172,000
+12.4%over 3 years16 May 2004
£153,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WS12 3XU: £232,500 (2022–2019).
Nearby sales in WS12 3XU
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Versus other Kensington Place homes
8 Kensington Place outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,114
Street avg £2,171
Floor Area
79 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
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Crime
2/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Buckingham Place — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Gorsemoor Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.0dB