Flat 1, 18 Seabank Road, Southport, PR9 0EL

Flat 1 is an end-of-terrace house in Southport (PR9 0EL). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (January 2020); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in November 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 77 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £165,000 sits 83.3% above the 1998 sale of £90,000.