The Squirrel Building, Apartment 18, 57 Colton Street, Leicester, LE1 1QA

The Squirrel Building is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Leicester (LE1 1QA). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band D. At 79 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across The Squirrel Building (36–79 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (82 versus a worst of 33). The latest certificate (February 2020) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in October 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 79 m² it's 29.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (61 m² median across 78 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 2008–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at -1.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£182/sq ft) was about 15.3% below the postcode norm. Last sold in November 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years.