Flat 2, 5 Marine Road West, Morecambe, LA3 1BS

Flat 2 is a semi-detached house in Morecambe (LA3 1BS). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 63 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (63–87 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 4 units on file. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since July 1997 — that's 29 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 £115,000 sits 666.7% above the 1997 sale of £15,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£22/sq ft) was about 75.7% below the postcode norm. At 63 m² it's 16% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (75 m² median across 29 EPCs).