5 Tennyson Avenue, Birkenhead, CH42 2DJ
About 5 Tennyson Avenue
5 Tennyson Avenue is a semi-detached house in Birkenhead (CH42 2DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.
Held since March 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. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £119,000 sits 526.3% above the 1998 sale of £19,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£22/sq ft) was about 72.6% below the postcode norm.
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Energy performance
5 Tennyson Avenue sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
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Planning history
5 Tennyson Avenue has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
5 Tennyson Avenue's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£119,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£19,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
19 March 1998Most recent
£19,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH42 2DJ: £126,500 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in CH42 2DJ
19 Tennyson Avenue, Birkenhead, CH42 2DJ
Sold Sept 2025
£168,00014 Tennyson Avenue, Birkenhead, CH42 2DJ
Sold Jun 2025
£117,00018 Tennyson Avenue, Birkenhead, CH42 2DJ
Sold Sept 2023
£126,50011 Tennyson Avenue, Birkenhead, CH42 2DJ
Sold Mar 2023
£157,0003 Tennyson Avenue, Birkenhead, CH42 2DJ
Sold Jun 2021
£118,000
Versus other Tennyson Avenue homes
Price per m² for 5 Tennyson Avenue lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£238
Street avg £1,201
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Spenser Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St Anne's Catholic Primary School. 29 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.7dB