Apartment 1, 31 Bold Street, Southport, PR9 0ED

Apartment 1 is a ten-bedroom semi-detached house in Southport (PR9 0ED). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. At 67 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 53–79 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in October 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good.

Held since September 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 67 m² the property is well over the postcode median (44 m² across 59 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £157,000 sits 67% above the 2000 sale of £94,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£130/sq ft) was about 53% below the postcode norm.