8 Grapes Court, Lord Street, Macclesfield, SK11 6SY

8 Grapes Court is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Macclesfield (SK11 6SY). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (October 2015); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 36 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 11 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–58 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (36 versus a best of 73).

At 36 m² it sits well below the postcode median (74 m² across 44 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. It changed hands recently, sold January 2025 for £98,000. Across 2000–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £117,000 is 19.4% above the 2025 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£253/sq ft) was about 66.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.