4a, Aughton Road, Southport, PR8 2AF

4a is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Southport (PR8 2AF). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1367 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). At 127 m² this is the 24th smallest of 40 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 47–282 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 40 units on file.

At 127 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 39 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £198,000 sits 52.3% above the 2017 sale of £130,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£95/sq ft) was about 30.5% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in November 2017. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2020.