36 Princes Street, Southport, PR8 1EQ

36 Princes Street is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Southport (PR8 1EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 62), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 94 m² this is the 37th smallest of 38 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 18–110 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (38 versus a best of 79).

It hasn't traded since May 2001, a hold of 25 years that's notably long for the area. At 94 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 37 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. Across 2000–2001, sale prices on this property compounded at -7.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £140,000 sits 259% above the 2001 sale of £39,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£39/sq ft) was about 78.9% below the postcode norm.