231 Church Road, Birkenhead, CH42 0LD

231 Church Road is a semi-detached house in Birkenhead (CH42 0LD). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 578 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 54 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (54–221 m²). The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (1 versus a best of 79). The latest certificate (November 2010) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at G across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 24). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from November 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (87 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £139,000 sits 672.2% above the 1998 sale of £18,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£31/sq ft) was about 43.3% below the postcode norm.