Elworth Court, Flat 1, Hill Street, Sandbach, CW11 3JE

Elworth Court is an end-of-terrace house in Sandbach (CW11 3JE). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 36 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Elworth Court (36–70 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (42 versus a best of 84). The latest certificate (September 2024) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since December 1998 — that's 27 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 36 m² it sits well below the postcode median (66 m² across 31 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. Today's modelled estimate of £113,000 sits 318.5% above the 1998 sale of £27,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£70/sq ft) was about 39.6% below the postcode norm.