38 Fountain Street, Birkenhead, CH42 7JH

38 Fountain Street is a mid-terrace house in Birkenhead (CH42 7JH). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2013. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £152,000 sits 463% above the 1999 sale of £27,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£25/sq ft) was about 64.4% below the postcode norm. At 102 m² it's 15.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (89 m² median across 37 EPCs).