Apartment 23, 34 Shaws Alley, Liverpool, L1 8DG

Apartment 23 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Liverpool (L1 8DG). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2023) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in June 2013 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good. Main heating runs on electricity. At 51 m² this is the 5th 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. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Held since October 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 51 m² it's 29.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (72 m² median across 29 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£228/sq ft) was about 19.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.