Flat 4, 2 Lower Hillgate, Stockport, SK1 1JE

Flat 4 is a mid-terrace house in Stockport (SK1 1JE). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2020) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in October 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. At 63 m² this is the 4th smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 33–65 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (83 versus a worst of 31).

At 63 m² the property is well over the postcode median (33 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£221/sq ft) was about 29.1% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: October 2024 at £150,000.