2 Harley Jenkins Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AH

2 Harley Jenkins Street is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Bishops Castle (SY9 5AH). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 37 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (37–163 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to A, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows an E (score 47), 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, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, lighting went from Average to Good and main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (111 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£314/sq ft) was about 107% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £125,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.