16 Market Street, Southport, PR8 1HJ

16 Market Street is an end-of-terrace house in Southport (PR8 1HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in January 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). At 55 m² this is the 6th smallest of 17 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–100 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 17 units on file.

Today's modelled estimate of £132,000 is 30.5% below the 2022 sale of £190,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£321/sq ft) was about 128.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 55 m² it's 24.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 16 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £190,000 in December 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.