Kingsley House, Flat 1, 15 Newton Street, Manchester, M1 1HE

Kingsley House is an end-of-terrace house in Manchester (M1 1HE). It has a recorded floor area of 38 m² (around 409 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 38 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 19 units on EPC record in Kingsley House, where floor areas span 37–73 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in August 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 38 m² it's 26.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (52 m² median across 18 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £162,000 sits 315.4% above the 1997 sale of £39,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£95/sq ft) was about 38.3% below the postcode norm.