151a, Eastbank Street, Southport, PR8 1EE

151a is a semi-detached house in Southport (PR8 1EE). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 50 m² this is the 4th smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–65 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (47 versus a best of 61). The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2013. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58). The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since December 2001, a hold of 25 years that's notably long for the area. At 50 m² it's 22% larger than the typical home in the postcode (41 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £171,000 sits 113.8% above the 2001 sale of £80,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£149/sq ft) was about 51% below the postcode norm.