8 Friar Gate Court, Friar Gate, Derby, DE1 1HE

8 Friar Gate Court is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Derby (DE1 1HE). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. At 73 m² this is the 29th smallest of 41 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–119 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (64 versus a best of 84). The latest certificate (October 2014) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2006 — that's 20 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. At 73 m² it's 21.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (60 m² median across 40 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2000–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £109,000 is 16% above the 2006 sale price.