16 Kensington Road, Southport, PR9 0RT
About 16 Kensington Road
16 Kensington Road is a semi-detached house in Southport (PR9 0RT). It has a recorded floor area of 170 m² (around 1830 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 170 m² the property is well over the postcode median (117 m² across 34 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£125/sq ft) was about 24.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £228,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Energy performance
16 Kensington Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Dec 2023
EPC Rating
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Level 3 Building Survey
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Planning history
16 Kensington Road has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
15 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£248,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.1% per year over 6 years.
£228,000
Growth on file: 5.1% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
25 March 2022Most recent
£228,000
+33.3%over 5 years9 June 2016
£171,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR9 0RT: £178,000 (2025–2024).
Nearby sales in PR9 0RT
Versus other Kensington Road homes
16 Kensington Road outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,341
Street avg £1,083
Floor Area
170 m²
Street avg 132 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 7.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Sussex Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Southport Education Group. 14 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.4dB