Apartment 14, 9 Meadowgate, Wigan, WN6 7QP

Apartment 14 is a two-bedroom detached house in Wigan (WN6 7QP). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band B. At 63 m² this is the 10th smallest of 11 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–64 m². On EPC score it ranks last in the building (70 versus a best of 80). The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a C (score 70). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since October 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 63 m² it's 15.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (55 m² median across 10 EPCs).