Flat 3, 2 Hudds Vale Road, Bristol, BS5 7HG

Flat 3 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bristol (BS5 7HG). 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 (32–165 m²). The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (19 versus a best of 79). Other recorded features include a basement. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a G (score 19), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it F (August 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 47), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 32 m² it sits well below the postcode median (80 m² across 26 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £152,000 is 18.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£372/sq ft) was about 133.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2021 for £128,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.