2 Ash Road, Birkenhead, CH42 0JR

2 Ash Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Birkenhead (CH42 0JR). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. At 75 m² this is the 5th smallest of 11 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 51–159 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 11 units on file.

It hasn't traded since March 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 42.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£201/sq ft) was about 150.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: subdivision approved in 2007. Past consents include subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 75 m² it's 21.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (95 m² median across 10 EPCs).