Watergate Mansions, Apartment 13, St Marys Place, Shrewsbury, SY1 1DW

Watergate Mansions is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Shrewsbury (SY1 1DW). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. At 82 m² this is the 22nd smallest of 25 units on EPC record in Watergate Mansions, where floor areas span 28–121 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in October 2018 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since June 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 82 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1995–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 11% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £289,000 sits 56.2% above the 2004 sale of £185,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£210/sq ft) was about 56.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.