Flat 1, 221 Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton, WV6 0DE

Flat 1 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Wolverhampton (WV6 0DE). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 41 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (41–65 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since December 2005 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced Wolverhampton HPI: 12.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £120,000 is 16.5% above the 2005 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£233/sq ft) was about 91.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 41 m² it's 18% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (50 m² median across 63 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs).