522 Old Chester Road, Birkenhead, CH42 4PF

522 Old Chester Road is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Birkenhead (CH42 4PF). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (June 2018) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 153 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £167,000. Across the public record there are 5 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. Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £203,000 is 21.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£101/sq ft) was about 59% above the typical sold price in the postcode.