7 Portico Court, Prescot, L35 7LP

7 Portico Court is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Prescot (L35 7LP). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band A. At 47 m² this is the 6th smallest of 30 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–72 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (76 versus a worst of 28). The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 3 certificates since February 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since May 1999 — that's 27 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 £105,000 sits 228.1% above the 1999 sale of £32,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£63/sq ft) was about 27% below the postcode norm. At 47 m² it's 25.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 29 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.