Red Gables, Flat 1, Chatsworth Square, Carlisle, CA1 1HE

Red Gables is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Carlisle (CA1 1HE). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2018 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 75 m² this is the 8th smallest of 11 units on EPC record in Red Gables, where floor areas span 51–121 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 11 units on file.

Held since November 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 75 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £112,000 sits 460% above the 1997 sale of £20,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£25/sq ft) was about 64.8% below the postcode norm.