39a, Victoria Road, Birkenhead, CH42 0LN

39a is a semi-detached house in Birkenhead (CH42 0LN). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a G (score 13), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at G across 5 certificates since April 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 60), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 42 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 27 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 28–228 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 (13 versus a best of 80).

It hasn't traded since April 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (115 m² across 26 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 £125,000 sits 92.3% above the 2008 sale of £65,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£144/sq ft) was about 67.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.