Flat 2, 2 The Avenue, Featherstone, Wolverhampton, WV10 7AT

Flat 2 is a semi-detached house in Featherstone, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton (WV10 7AT). It has a recorded floor area of 29 m² (around 312 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. At 29 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (29–48 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (26 versus a best of 72). The latest certificate (February 2012) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 64), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 1996 — that's 30 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. At 29 m² it sits well below the postcode median (53 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £151,000 sits 132.3% above the 1996 sale of £65,000.