Flat 1, 19 Westbank Road, Birkenhead, CH42 7JL

Flat 1 is a semi-detached house in Birkenhead (CH42 7JL). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 77 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (65–77 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (76 versus a worst of 50). The latest certificate (September 2025) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in June 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor.

Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £122,000 sits 62.7% above the 2022 sale of £75,000. At 77 m² it's 23.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (101 m² median across 36 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 81% of similar EPCs). Sold July 2022 for £75,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.