18 The Room Apartments, Lawson Street, Preston, PR1 2QF

18 The Room Apartments is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Preston (PR1 2QF). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band A. At 45 m² this is the 13th smallest of 78 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–70 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 78 units on file. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows a C (score 74). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85). Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since December 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 45 m² it's 29.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 77 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs).