42 Portland Street, Southport, PR8 1HN

42 Portland Street is a semi-detached house in Southport (PR8 1HN). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 69 m² this is the 10th smallest of 26 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–206 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in July 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good.

At 69 m² it's 19.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (86 m² median across 25 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 76% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £116,000 is 10.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£141/sq ft) was about 59.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £105,000 in July 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.