23 Viceroy Court, Lord Street, Southport, PR8 1PW

23 Viceroy Court is a mid-terrace house in Southport (PR8 1PW). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2023) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in April 2022 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Good. At 47 m² this is the 5th 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, with this unit at the top.

Held since March 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (70 m² across 67 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £112,000 is 27.3% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£174/sq ft) was about 65.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.