Exchange Buildings, Flat 2, 48 Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1RD

Exchange Buildings is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Leicester (LE1 1RD). It has a recorded floor area of 31 m² (around 334 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. At 31 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Exchange Buildings (31–147 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (49 versus a best of 81). Other recorded features include notable views. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.

Held since December 2003 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 31 m² it sits well below the postcode median (47 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2002–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 635.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £159,000 is 27.2% above the 2003 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£375/sq ft) was about 161.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.