Flat 2, 3 Dale Street, Manchester, M1 1BA

Flat 2 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Manchester (M1 1BA). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. At 63 m² this is the 6th smallest of 22 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 50–110 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (43 versus a best of 79). Other recorded features include a loft. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since March 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 63 m² it's 23.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 21 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2001–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £215,000 is 26.1% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£251/sq ft) was about 31.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.