The Quadrangle, Apartment 8, 1 Lower Ormond Street, Manchester, M1 5QF

The Quadrangle is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Manchester (M1 5QF). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band E. At 87 m² this is the 42nd smallest of 48 units on EPC record in The Quadrangle, where floor areas span 42–97 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (44 versus a best of 85). The latest certificate (April 2019) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (May 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since September 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 87 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 47 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £254,000 is 41.2% above the 2004 sale price.