Flat 1, 131 Locking Road, Weston Super Mare, BS23 3ER

Flat 1 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Weston Super Mare (BS23 3ER). It has a recorded floor area of 32 m² (around 344 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 32 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (32–66 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 4 units on file. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73).

At 32 m² it sits well below the postcode median (64 m² across 50 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £113,000 is 37.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£238/sq ft) was about 55.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2022 for £82,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.