4 Gravel Lane, Banks, Southport, PR9 8BN

4 Gravel Lane is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Banks, Southport, Southport (PR9 8BN). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 776 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2009) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 72 m² it's 15.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (85 m² median across 24 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £153,000 is 22.4% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£161/sq ft) was about 20.3% below the postcode norm.