Apartment 2, 64 The Wells Road, Nottingham, NG3 3AR

Apartment 2 is a semi-detached house in Nottingham (NG3 3AR). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 43 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (43–78 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 (44 versus a best of 72). The latest certificate (March 2017) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2015 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 43 m² it's 20.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (54 m² median across 28 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £111,000 sits 58.6% above the 2017 sale of £70,000. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in April 2017.