Flat 3, 173 Lea Road, Wolverhampton, WV3 0LQ

Flat 3 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Wolverhampton (WV3 0LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 34 m² (around 366 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 34 m² this is the 6th smallest of 7 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 16–202 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to D, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in December 2014 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since December 1997 — that's 28 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 £122,000 sits 238.9% above the 1997 sale of £36,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£98/sq ft) was about 16.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 34 m² it sits well below the postcode median (70 m² across 62 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.