Flat 3, 63 St Marks Road, Salisbury, SP1 3AY

Flat 3 is a one-bedroom detached house in Salisbury (SP1 3AY). It has a recorded floor area of 32 m² (around 349 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2009) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and window efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from August 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 32 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 32–63 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom.

Held since September 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 32 m² it sits well below the postcode median (122 m² across 35 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1999–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £147,000 is 22.5% above the 2005 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£344/sq ft) was about 72.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.