Abbey Court, Flat 2, 115 Hall Street, Stockport, SK1 4HE

Abbey Court is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Stockport (SK1 4HE). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1976-1982. At 42 m² this is the 5th smallest of 6 units on EPC record in Abbey Court, where floor areas span 41–43 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (40 versus a best of 75). The latest certificate (February 2013) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (September 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (81 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £134,000 is 37.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£216/sq ft) was about 192.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2022 for £97,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.