2 Ambrose Terrace, Derby, DE1 1DQ

2 Ambrose Terrace is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Derby (DE1 1DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, lighting went from Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 44 m² it's 21.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (56 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £131,000 is 21.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£228/sq ft) was about 19.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2021 for £108,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.