Rainbow Cottage, Flat 1, Wincle, Macclesfield, SK11 0QE

Rainbow Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Wincle, Macclesfield, Macclesfield (SK11 0QE). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows a G (score 20), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2012); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since December 2001 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £233,000 sits 385.4% above the 2001 sale of £48,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£78/sq ft) was about 74.1% below the postcode norm. At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (110 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs).