First Floor Flat, 70 Chatsworth Road, Morecambe, LA3 1BJ

First Floor Flat is a mid-terrace house in Morecambe (LA3 1BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 456 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (December 2008) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 66), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from December 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £121,000 sits 69.6% above the 2008 sale of £71,350. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£156/sq ft) was about 64.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.