Flat 5, 3 Victoria Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 2EA

Flat 5 is a semi-detached house in Levenshulme, Manchester, Manchester (M19 2EA). It has a recorded floor area of 29 m² (around 312 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 29 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (29–53 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2019 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since August 1996, a hold of 30 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £118,000 sits 1585.7% above the 1996 sale of £7,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£22/sq ft) was about 60.7% below the postcode norm. At 29 m² it's 20.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (24 m² median across 27 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs).