13 Benbow Quay, Shrewsbury, SY1 2DL

13 Benbow Quay is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Shrewsbury (SY1 2DL). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2013) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 77 m² this is the 80th smallest of 90 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–128 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 (46 versus a best of 81).

Held since March 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 77 m² the property is well over the postcode median (58 m² across 89 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2006–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 27.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£175/sq ft) was about 21.4% below the postcode norm.