42 Bibby Road, Southport, PR9 7PT

42 Bibby Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Southport (PR9 7PT). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows a G (score 20), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (December 2012); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 117 m² it's 16.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (140 m² median across 26 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2013–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£377/sq ft) was about 168.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2022 for £475,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.