5 Royal Terrace, Southport, PR8 1QW

5 Royal Terrace is an end-of-terrace house in Southport (PR8 1QW). It has a recorded floor area of 185 m² (around 1991 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.

Held since October 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 185 m² the property is well over the postcode median (36 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £223,000 sits 401.1% above the 1999 sale of £44,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£22/sq ft) was about 86.8% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.