25b, Gordon Street, Southport, PR9 0BG

25b is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Southport (PR9 0BG). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (August 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, 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 78), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a basement.

It hasn't traded since November 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 116 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 36 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £154,000 sits 340% above the 1997 sale of £35,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£28/sq ft) was about 77% below the postcode norm.