9 Portland Street, Southport, PR8 1LJ

9 Portland Street is a five-bedroom detached house in Southport (PR8 1LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 304 m² (around 3272 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 304 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £356,000 is 29.5% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£84/sq ft) was about 62% below the postcode norm. On the market in November 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.