The Sorting House, Flat 4, 83 Newton Street, Manchester, M1 1EP

The Sorting House is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Manchester (M1 1EP). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (March 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since November 2001, a hold of 25 years that's notably long for the area. At 110 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). Today's modelled estimate of £296,000 sits 72.1% above the 2001 sale of £172,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£145/sq ft) was about 27% below the postcode norm.