Apartment 1, 3 Portland Square, Carlisle, CA1 1AG

Apartment 1 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Carlisle (CA1 1AG). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The home occupies a corner plot. At 59 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 55–157 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 59 m² it sits well below the postcode median (85 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £190,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.