Flat 1, 6 Leicester Street, Southport, PR9 0EZ

Flat 1 is a semi-detached house in Southport (PR9 0EZ). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 55 m² this is the 13th smallest of 15 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 27–200 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (42 versus a best of 74). The latest certificate (August 2018) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68).

Held since February 1997 — that's 29 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. Today's modelled estimate of £117,000 sits 485% above the 1997 sale of £20,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£34/sq ft) was about 59% below the postcode norm. At 55 m² it's 19.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (46 m² median across 38 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs).