Apartment 15, 34 Shaws Alley, Liverpool, L1 8DG

Apartment 15 is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Liverpool (L1 8DG). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2017) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in January 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, lighting went from Good to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average. Main heating runs on electricity. At 50 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 30 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 43–160 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the top. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

Today's modelled estimate of £104,000 is 23.7% below the 2007 sale of £136,250, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£253/sq ft) was about 32.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in October 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 50 m² it sits well below the postcode median (72 m² across 29 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs).