Flat 1, 303 Old Chester Road, Birkenhead, CH42 3XQ

Flat 1 is a semi-detached house in Birkenhead (CH42 3XQ). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 49 m² this is the 4th smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 47–58 m². The latest certificate (December 2017) shows a C (score 74).

Today's modelled estimate of £138,000 is 42.5% below the 2022 sale of £240,000, 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 (£455/sq ft) was about 478.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 49 m² it's 23.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 35 EPCs). Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £240,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2009.