5 Bickerton Road, Southport, PR8 2DY

5 Bickerton Road is a detached house in Southport (PR8 2DY). It has a recorded floor area of 422 m² (around 4542 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (February 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 66), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 1997 — that's 29 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 422 m² the property is well over the postcode median (271 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £627,000 sits 470% above the 1997 sale of £110,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£24/sq ft) was about 71.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.