The Sorting House, Flat 23, 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 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 91 m² this is the 41st 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 across 47 units on file.

Held since June 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 91 m² the property is well over the postcode median (67 m² across 46 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2001–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £276,000 is 36.6% above the 2006 sale price.