Centro West, Apartment 22, Searl Street, Derby, DE1 1BW

Centro West is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Derby (DE1 1BW). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2013) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 44 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 50 units on EPC record in Centro West, where floor areas span 44–111 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (85 versus a worst of 52). The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a balcony.

Held since November 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. At 44 m² it's 29% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (62 m² median across 49 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£227/sq ft) was about 41.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.