Flat 3, 15 Piccadilly, Manchester, M1 1LT

Flat 3 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Manchester (M1 1LT). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 62 m² this is the 4th smallest of 11 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–95 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 11 units on file.

It hasn't traded since December 2004, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. At 62 m² it's 15.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2002–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £159,000 sits 106.5% above the 2004 sale of £77,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£115/sq ft) was about 45.8% below the postcode norm.