The Sorting House, Flat 3, 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 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a balcony. At 59 m² this is the 8th 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. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows a C (score 73). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £233,000 sits 60% above the 2005 sale of £145,600. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£229/sq ft) was about 15.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.