31 Marine Road West, Morecambe, LA3 1BY

31 Marine Road West is a mid-terrace house in Morecambe (LA3 1BY). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2020 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. At 119 m² this is the 26th smallest of 30 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–396 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (40 versus a best of 82).

Today's modelled estimate of £116,000 is 31.8% below the 2021 sale of £170,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£133/sq ft) was about 32.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 119 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: HMO conversion approved in 2021. Past consents include HMO conversion and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £170,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.