Flat, 24 Meadow Place, Shrewsbury, SY1 1PD

Flat is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Shrewsbury (SY1 1PD). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 39 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 15 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–124 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (52 versus a best of 83). The latest certificate (June 2025) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since December 1999 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 39 m² it's 24.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (52 m² median across 14 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–1999, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £128,000 sits 300% above the 1999 sale of £32,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£76/sq ft) was about 68.4% below the postcode norm.