17 Whitford Road, Birkenhead, CH42 7HZ

17 Whitford Road is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Birkenhead (CH42 7HZ). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 4 certificates since September 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

It hasn't traded since July 2003, a hold of 23 years that's notably long for the area. At 113 m² it's 25.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (90 m² median across 30 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1999–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £156,000 sits 310.6% above the 2003 sale of £37,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£31/sq ft) was about 52.6% below the postcode norm.