53 Chesnut Grove, Birkenhead, CH42 0HZ

53 Chesnut Grove is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Birkenhead (CH42 0HZ). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2012) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On the market in August 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £182,000 is 37.4% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£95/sq ft) was about 73.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.