What type of property is 21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD?

21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD is a 5-bedroom semi-detached house.

What did 21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD sell for?

21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD last sold for £124,500 in April 2006, around 20 years ago. Before that, it sold for £16,000 in July 2002, so prices have been rising over 4 years on record. Source: HM Land Registry.

How has the value of 21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD changed over time?

Across 2 sales between July 2002 and April 2006, 21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD rose from £16,000 to £124,500, a change of £108,500. That works out to roughly +72.7% per year compounded over 4 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the EPC rating for 21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD?

The current EPC rating for 21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD is D with a score of 55 out of 100, lodged in January 2020. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD?

21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (1,421 sq ft), around 26 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 37% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in CH42 7JD. Source: EPC Register.

How is 21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD heated?

The latest EPC at 21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is 21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD?

21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD is in council tax band A. That sits at the lower end of the A-H ladder, typically reflecting smaller floor areas or lower 1991 valuations.

Where is 21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD located?

21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD sits in Birkenhead. It falls within the CH42 postcode district.

How safe is the area around 21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD?

Police records around 21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD show an average of 8 reported crimes per month over the last 7 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 56% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve 21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD?

The closest primary school to 21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD is Woodchurch Road Academy (426m), one of 26 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Prenton High School for Girls (1.2km), with 8 secondaries in the surrounding area.

How well connected is 21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD?

The closest bus stop to 21 Fountain Street, CH42 7JD is St Catherine's Gardens, 211m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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21 Fountain Street, Birkenhead, CH42 7JD

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Floor area

132 m²

1421 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 55

Council tax

Band A

Tenure

Private Rental

Overview

About 21 Fountain Street

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

21 Fountain Street is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Birkenhead (CH42 7JD). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 20 years, with the last transfer in April 2006. At 132 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 39 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2002–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 72.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £155,000 is 24.5% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£88/sq ft) was about 43.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms5

Outside

Private gardenYes

Building

Central heatingYes

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

21 Fountain Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

D55

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Good

CO2 Emissions

6.9 t/year

Occupancy

Rented

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 21 Fountain Street, Birkenhead, CH42 7JD, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

21 Fountain Street has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

1applications of note in the surrounding area

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

21 Fountain Street has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2002.

Current estimate

£155,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 72.7% per year over 4 years.

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Last sold (2006)

£124,500

Growth on file: 72.7% per year over 4 years.

Sales timeline

12 April 2006Most recent
£124,500
+678.1%over 3 years
11 July 2002
£16,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in CH42 7JD: £125,000 (2025–2022).

Nearby sales in CH42 7JD

On the street

Versus other Fountain Street homes

Four headline reads against 34 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

21 Fountain Street outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£943

Street avg £948

On par

Floor Area

132 m²

Street avg 107 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

7 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

6.9 t/year

Street avg 5.2 t/year

Strongly below

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Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

£278k

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5 bed

£348k

10 North Road

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1 Heathbank Road

CH42 7LD

4 bed

£174k

10 Fountain Street

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3 bed1 bath

£352k

10 Heathbank Road

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4 bed

£148k

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10 St Catherines Gardens

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Birkenhead district page.

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Crime

8/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.2 km

St Catherine's Gardens — bus stop.

Closest school

0.4 km

Woodchurch Road Academy. 34 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CH42 7JD from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

54.6dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for CH42 7JD

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

42.5dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4

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