24a, Princess Avenue, Arleston, Telford, TF1 2LJ

24a is a semi-detached house in Arleston, Telford, Telford (TF1 2LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2012) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since December 2009. Between certificates, main heating went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 91 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 52 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. Today's modelled estimate of £172,000 sits 282.2% above the 2001 sale of £45,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£46/sq ft) was about 52.5% below the postcode norm.