23 Alpha Drive, Birkenhead, CH42 1PH

23 Alpha Drive is an end-of-terrace house in Birkenhead (CH42 1PH). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 74 m² this is the 10th smallest of 23 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–205 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 23 units on file. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Across 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £115,000 is 23.3% below the 2022 sale of £150,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£188/sq ft) was about 144.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £150,000 in March 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 74 m² it's 25.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (99 m² median across 22 EPCs).