302b, Flat, Liverpool Road, Southport, PR8 4PW

302b is an end-of-terrace house in Southport (PR8 4PW). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59).

At 51 m² it sits well below the postcode median (91 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£264/sq ft) was about 48.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £145,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2011.