2a, Ash Street, Southport, PR8 6JH

2a is a two-bedroom detached house in Southport (PR8 6JH). It has a recorded floor area of 194 m² (around 2088 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2011. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since March 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 194 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 35 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £356,000 sits 239% above the 2000 sale of £105,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£50/sq ft) was about 56% below the postcode norm.