2 Claremont Gardens, Claremont Road, Southport, PR8 4DW

2 Claremont Gardens is an end-of-terrace house in Southport (PR8 4DW). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band B. At 44 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (44–60 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (62 versus a best of 80). The latest certificate (February 2013) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The latest certificate is from February 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 44 m² it's 22.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (57 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £118,000 sits 151.1% above the 2013 sale of £47,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£99/sq ft) was about 20.1% below the postcode norm. Last sold in August 2013, so it's been off the market for around 13 years.