Aura Court, Apartment 6, 1 Percy Street, Manchester, M15 4AB

Aura Court is a detached house in Manchester (M15 4AB). It has a recorded floor area of 30 m² (around 318 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. At 30 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Aura Court (30–160 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 (39 versus a best of 85). The latest certificate (May 2009) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 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 30 m² it sits well below the postcode median (68 m² across 44 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £133,000 sits 56.5% above the 2007 sale of £85,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£268/sq ft) was about 87.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.