The Sorting House, Flat 21, 83 Newton Street, Manchester, M1 1EP

The Sorting House is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Manchester (M1 1EP). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 966 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. At 90 m² this is the 37th smallest of 47 units on EPC record in The Sorting House, where floor areas span 30–110 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (February 2009) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 90 m² the property is well over the postcode median (67 m² across 46 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Sold February 2019 for £247,500. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2001–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £304,000 is 22.8% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£256/sq ft) was about 28.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.