Aura Court, Apartment 15, 1 Percy Street, Manchester, M15 4AB

Aura Court is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Manchester (M15 4AB). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2013) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 103 m² the property is well over the postcode median (68 m² across 44 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £232,000 sits 54.7% above the 2007 sale of £150,000.