Flat 2, 15 Blenheim Road, Wakefield, WF1 3JZ

Flat 2 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Wakefield (WF1 3JZ). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 44 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–104 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (51 versus a best of 62). The latest certificate (August 2014) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £112,000 sits 220.5% above the 1997 sale of £34,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£74/sq ft) was about 48% below the postcode norm. At 44 m² it sits well below the postcode median (104 m² across 41 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs).