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About 18 Westbank Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
18 Westbank Road is a semi-detached house in Birkenhead (CH42 7JL). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £316,000 is 19.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£164/sq ft) was about 76.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (108 m² across 32 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £265,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
18 Westbank Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Feb 2017
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E40
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
11.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£316,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.1% per year over 13 years.
Last sold (2022)
£265,000
Growth on file: 2.1% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Westbank Road homes
Four headline reads against 15 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
18 Westbank Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£1,767
Street avg £1,306
Floor Area
150 m²
Street avg 165 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor 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.
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Merlin Road — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CH42 7JL from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.4dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 67 points of interest in total.
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