45 Kempster Gardens, Salford, M7 1AE

45 Kempster Gardens is a one-bedroom detached house in Salford (M7 1AE). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band A. At 37 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (37–115 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (65 versus a best of 86). The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (88 m² across 32 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. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £118,000 is 22.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£241/sq ft) was about 54.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £96,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.