120 Bispham Road, Southport, PR9 7BJ

120 Bispham Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Southport (PR9 7BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2013) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in May 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. One planning record on file: change of use to residential approved in 2001. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 89 m² it's 17.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 20 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 24.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £178,000 is 29% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£144/sq ft) was about 33.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.