Watergate Mansions, Apartment 16, St Marys Place, Shrewsbury, SY1 1DW

Watergate Mansions is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Shrewsbury (SY1 1DW). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. At 46 m² this is the 5th 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 bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (50 versus a best of 79). The latest certificate (March 2014) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 46 m² it's 26.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 24 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £167,000 is 11.3% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£303/sq ft) was about 129.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in May 2015.