8a, Charlotte Street, Stockport, SK1 2QH

8a is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Stockport (SK1 2QH). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 52 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 37 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–91 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (July 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66).

Today's modelled estimate of £118,000 sits 68.6% above the 2021 sale of £70,000. At 52 m² it's 25.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 36 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £70,000 in January 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.