292 Old Chester Road, Birkenhead, CH42 3XD
About 292 Old Chester Road
292 Old Chester Road is an end-of-terrace house in Birkenhead (CH42 3XD). It has a recorded floor area of 297 m² (around 3197 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62).
At 297 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 6 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. Across 2014–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £286,000 sits 236.5% above the 2018 sale of £85,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£27/sq ft) was about 84.4% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, HMO conversion and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold July 2018 for £85,000.
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Energy performance
292 Old Chester Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Apr 2022Change of UseFullIn report
Change of Use of long term vacant Public House on ground floor to two flats
- Agent
- Spring Architects Ltd
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- APP/22/00742
- Oct 2019HMOFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Change of use of upper floors to form 8 bedroom HMO. Works include proposed rear extension to first floor to provide a communal living/dining and kitchen area.
- Agent
- Spring Architects Ltd
Extension- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- APP/19/00174
What's in 292 Old Chester Road, Birkenhead, CH42 3XD's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
292 Old Chester Road's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2014).
£286,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 4 years.
£85,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
25 July 2018Most recent
£85,000
+31.0%over 3 years15 September 2014
£64,900
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH42 3XD: £165,000 (2023–2006).
Versus other Old Chester Road homes
EPC Rating for 292 Old Chester Road lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
46 (E)
Street avg 64 (D)
Floor Area
297 m²
Street avg 59 m²
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
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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
0.1 km
St Pauls Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Well Lane Primary School. 34 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.3dB