36b, Kensington Road, Southport, PR9 0RT

36b is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Southport (PR9 0RT). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 42 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 35 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–249 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the top. The home occupies a corner plot. The latest certificate (April 2026) shows a C (score 71). The rating has held steady at C across 3 certificates since April 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

Today's modelled estimate of £111,000 sits 70.8% above the 2022 sale of £65,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£144/sq ft) was about 43.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (117 m² across 34 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). Sold November 2022 for £65,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.