Flat 2, 3 Sykefield Avenue, Leicester, LE3 0LA

Flat 2 is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Leicester (LE3 0LA). It has a recorded floor area of 30 m² (around 323 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (April 2012) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 30 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 7 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 27–156 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (32 versus a best of 79). Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

It hasn't traded since February 2003, a hold of 23 years that's notably long for the area. At 30 m² it sits well below the postcode median (53 m² across 28 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 2000–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 39.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £122,000 sits 144% above the 2003 sale of £50,000.