Kingsley House, Flat 5, 15 Newton Street, Manchester, M1 1HE

Kingsley House is a detached house in Manchester (M1 1HE). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 40 m² this is the 4th 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. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (42 versus a best of 78). The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (June 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since February 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 40 m² it's 23.1% 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 £164,000 sits 310% above the 1997 sale of £40,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£93/sq ft) was about 39.9% below the postcode norm.