Imperial Buildings, Flat 1, 25 Bridge Street, Walsall, WS1 1DP

Imperial Buildings is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Walsall (WS1 1DP). It has a recorded floor area of 31 m² (around 334 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band A. At 31 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Imperial Buildings (31–82 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (83 versus a worst of 60). Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (February 2013) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 31 m² it sits well below the postcode median (50 m² across 29 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £110,000 is 22.8% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£268/sq ft) was about 67.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.