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Get started5 Westbank Road is a semi-detached house in Birkenhead (CH42 7JL). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £227,000 is 33.6% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£145/sq ft) was about 54.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in October 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.
5 Westbank Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Apr 2025
5 Westbank Road has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
External insulation to house with silicone render finish. Single storey rear extension with silicone finish
5 Westbank Road has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
£227,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 20 years.
£169,950
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 20 years.
5 Westbank Road is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£1,559
Street avg £1,319
Floor Area
109 m²
Street avg 168 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Merlin Road — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.4dB

Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Erection of a single storey side and rear extension.
1 more application for this property
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2 October 2015Most recent
£169,950
+235.9%over 20 years15 September 1995
£50,600
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH42 7JL: £290,000 (2024–2022).
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 7.8 t/year
Closest school
0.3 km
Woodchurch Road Academy. 37 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.3dB
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