The Empress, Apartment 5, 27 Sunbridge Road, Bradford, BD1 2AY

The Empress is an end-of-terrace house in Bradford (BD1 2AY). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band C. At 57 m² this is the 22nd smallest of 41 units on EPC record in The Empress, where floor areas span 36–79 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (64 versus a best of 84). The latest certificate (December 2024) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on electricity.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2007–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at -5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £128,000 sits 65.2% above the 2019 sale of £77,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£126/sq ft) was about 39.1% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £77,500 in May 2019.