The Sorting House, Flat 67, 83 Newton Street, Manchester, M1 1ER

The Sorting House is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Manchester (M1 1ER). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in April 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on electricity. At 100 m² this is the 43rd smallest of 51 units on EPC record in The Sorting House, where floor areas span 36–129 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 51 units on file.

Held since February 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 100 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 50 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2002–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £327,000 sits 68.6% above the 2005 sale of £194,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£180/sq ft) was about 17.7% below the postcode norm.