14 Fernley Road, Southport, PR8 5AU

14 Fernley Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Southport (PR8 5AU). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2011); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

At 119 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at -2.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £180,000 is 48.1% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£95/sq ft) was about 32.5% below the postcode norm. On the market in October 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 15 years.