2a, Riding Street, Southport, PR8 1EW

2a is a semi-detached house in Southport (PR8 1EW). It has a recorded floor area of 173 m² (around 1862 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in February 2022 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

At 173 m² the property is well over the postcode median (111 m² across 34 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 79% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £263,000 sits 94.8% above the 2022 sale of £135,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£72/sq ft) was about 32.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £135,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.