1 City Exchange, Lowgate, Hull, HU1 1AA
About 1 City Exchange
1 City Exchange is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hull (HU1 1AA). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since August 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 66 m² this is the 4th smallest of 5 units on EPC record in 1 City Exchange, where floor areas span 31–67 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (28 versus a best of 62).
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: partial demolition approved in 2016. Past consents include partial demolition and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £144,000 is 10.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£183/sq ft) was about 33.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2022 for £130,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
Energy performance
1 City Exchange sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 7 January 2029
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Window efficiency improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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Planning history
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
1 application on record at 1 City Exchange, Lowgate, Hull, HU1 1AA
- Jun 2016SubdivisionHeritageOutcome in report
Listed Building Consent application for:Alterations, including partial demolition, (to rear) to provide 9 flats on ground floor
ListedDemolition- Documents
- 27 docs on file
- Reference
- 16/00174/LBC
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Sales history & valuation
1 City Exchange's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£144,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.5% per year over 20 years.
£130,000
Growth on file: 0.5% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
16 October 2022Most recent
£130,000
-5.8%over 15 years16 April 2007
£138,000
+17.9%over 4 years19 March 2003
£117,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HU1 1AA: £47,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in HU1 1AA
19 City Exchange, Lowgate, Hull, HU1 1AA
Sold Sept 2025
£37,0005 City Exchange, Lowgate, Hull, HU1 1AA
Sold Feb 2025
£62,50012 City Exchange, Lowgate, Hull, HU1 1AA
Sold Jun 2023
£47,00011 City Exchange, Lowgate, Hull, HU1 1AA
Sold Jun 2023
£47,00021 City Exchange, Lowgate, Hull, HU1 1AA
Sold Jun 2023
£87,500
Versus other Lowgate homes
On epc rating, 1 City Exchange runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,970
Street avg £1,627
Floor Area
66 m²
Street avg 62 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 3.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
170/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Alfred Gelder Street E — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Hull College. 23 schools nearby.
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