3 Cottys Brow, Southport, PR9 9QT

3 Cottys Brow is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Southport (PR9 9QT). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2014. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 117), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

7 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, new windows and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 39 m² it sits well below the postcode median (59 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £225,000 is 12.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£476/sq ft) was about 123.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £200,000 in August 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.