182 Higher Hillgate, Stockport, SK1 3QY

182 Higher Hillgate is a mid-terrace house in Stockport (SK1 3QY). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (June 2016) shows a G (score 16), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 52), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 46 m² this is the 13th smallest of 16 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–59 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (16 versus a best of 74).

Held since August 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 46 m² it's 15% larger than the typical home in the postcode (40 m² median across 15 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £123,000 sits 207.5% above the 2003 sale of £40,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£81/sq ft) was about 47.5% below the postcode norm.