Watergate Mansions, Apartment 3, St Marys Place, Shrewsbury, SY1 1DW

Watergate Mansions is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Shrewsbury (SY1 1DW). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 50 m² this is the 8th 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 across 25 units on file.

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in April 1998. Across 1995–1998, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £163,000 sits 176.3% above the 1998 sale of £59,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£110/sq ft) was about 19.1% below the postcode norm. At 50 m² it's 20% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 24 EPCs).