12a Viceroy Court, Lord Street, Southport, PR8 1PW

12a Viceroy Court is a mid-terrace house in Southport (PR8 1PW). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 46 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 67 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–107 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 67 units on file.

At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (70 m² across 67 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £110,000 is 26.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£176/sq ft) was about 67.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £87,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.