Flat 2, 17 St Nicholas Street, Bristol, BS1 1UA

Flat 2 is a semi-detached house in Bristol (BS1 1UA). It has a recorded floor area of 20 m² (around 215 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 20 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (20–37 m²). On EPC score it ranks last in the building (40 versus a best of 54). The latest certificate (September 2021) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 20 m² it sits well below the postcode median (35 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include subdivision and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2018–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£534/sq ft) was about 62.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £115,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.