Flat 5, 9 King Street, Penrith, CA11 7AJ

Flat 5 is an end-of-terrace house in Penrith (CA11 7AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 19 m² (around 205 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2018) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 62), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 19 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 13 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 17–52 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (30 versus a best of 80).

Held since February 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £113,000 sits 98.2% above the 2007 sale of £57,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£279/sq ft) was about 31.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 19 m² it sits well below the postcode median (38 m² across 23 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.