1a, Avon Road, Manchester, M19 1HP

1a is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Manchester (M19 1HP). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 48 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (48–81 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (45 versus a best of 74). The latest certificate (October 2022) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 48 m² it sits well below the postcode median (70 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £115,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at -0.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £153,000 is 33% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£223/sq ft) was about 46.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.