188a, Stockport Road, Stockport, SK3 0NW

188a is a semi-detached house in Stockport (SK3 0NW). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 53 m² this is the 16th smallest of 20 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 33–339 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2016) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.

At 53 m² it's 26.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (42 m² median across 19 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £177,000 is 28.3% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£242/sq ft) was about 21.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in December 2017.