Flat 1, 172 Turncroft Lane, Stockport, SK1 4AR

Flat 1 is a semi-detached house in Stockport (SK1 4AR). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 37 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (37–75 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (28 versus a best of 65). The latest certificate (November 2013) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Today's modelled estimate of £135,000 is 51.8% below the 2022 sale of £280,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£703/sq ft) was about 460.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (71 m² across 66 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £280,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.