2a, Houldsworth Street, Manchester, M1 1EJ

2a is a mid-terrace house in Manchester (M1 1EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 585 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2009) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). The latest certificate is from January 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since March 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 54 m² the property is well over the postcode median (37 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £155,000 sits 675% above the 1997 sale of £20,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£34/sq ft) was about 75.2% below the postcode norm.