26 Preston Road, Southport, PR9 9EE

26 Preston Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Southport (PR9 9EE). It has a recorded floor area of 190 m² (around 2045 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 190 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £565,000 is 32.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£208/sq ft) was about 51.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £425,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.