40 Larch Road, Birkenhead, CH42 0JQ

40 Larch Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Birkenhead (CH42 0JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2013); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The property has an EV charger on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include outbuildings.

At 94 m² it's 23.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 33 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £119,000 sits 98.5% above the 2014 sale of £59,950. On the market in February 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.