Flat 1, 237 Albert Road, Plymouth, PL2 1DJ

Flat 1 is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Plymouth (PL2 1DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 900 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2007 onwards. At 84 m² this is the 59th smallest of 65 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 38–141 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (42 versus a best of 85). The latest certificate (February 2011) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since January 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 84 m² the property is well over the postcode median (45 m² across 65 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£121/sq ft) was about 26.5% below the postcode norm.