Red Gables, Flat 10, 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 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 51 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Red Gables (51–121 m²). The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 11 units on file. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.

Held since October 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1998–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £117,000 sits 82.8% above the 2003 sale of £64,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£117/sq ft) was about 63.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs).