4 Bamber Gardens, Southport, PR9 7PQ

4 Bamber Gardens is a two-bedroom detached house in Southport (PR9 7PQ). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 891 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2009) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since January 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 83 m² it's 18.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 8 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £287,000 is 19.6% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£269/sq ft) was about 16.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.