8 Rectory Close, Birkenhead, CH42 0NP

8 Rectory Close is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Birkenhead (CH42 0NP). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since July 2003, a hold of 23 years that's notably long for the area. At 76 m² the property is well over the postcode median (46 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £129,000 sits 87% above the 2003 sale of £69,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£84/sq ft) was about 32.3% below the postcode norm.