Flat 1, 12 Bickerton Road, Southport, PR8 2DY

Flat 1 is a semi-detached house in Southport (PR8 2DY). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2015) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 67 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 48–67 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom.

At 67 m² it sits well below the postcode median (278 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£431/sq ft) was about 467.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £311,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.