3 Birch Row, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 0QQ

3 Birch Row is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY5 0QQ). It has a recorded floor area of 15 m² (around 162 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. At 15 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (15–51 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to A, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (October 2008) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The latest certificate is from October 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 15 years, with the last transfer in July 2011. Today's modelled estimate of £113,000 sits 61.4% above the 2011 sale of £70,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£432/sq ft) was about 226% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 15 m² it sits well below the postcode median (50 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2013. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.