2 Northbank Gardens, Manchester, M19 1BE

2 Northbank Gardens is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Manchester (M19 1BE). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2010 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1997–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £250,000 sits 92.3% above the 2010 sale of £130,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£189/sq ft) was about 20.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 64 m² it's 19.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 26 EPCs).