16 Banastre Road, Southport, PR8 5AW

16 Banastre Road is a semi-detached house in Southport (PR8 5AW). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (January 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in April 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 92 m² it's 29.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (71 m² median across 30 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1997–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 11% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £123,000 is 15.5% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£108/sq ft) was about 20.6% below the postcode norm.