131 Bispham Road, Southport, PR9 7BJ

131 Bispham Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Southport (PR9 7BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since December 2015. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since June 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. At 113 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2002–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 17% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £157,000 is 30.8% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£99/sq ft) was about 22.1% below the postcode norm.