Flat 3, 38 Willowbank Road, Birkenhead, CH42 7JZ

Flat 3 is a semi-detached house in Birkenhead (CH42 7JZ). It has a recorded floor area of 26 m² (around 280 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 26 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (26–52 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2017) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.

Today's modelled estimate of £131,000 is 32.8% below the 2017 sale of £195,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£697/sq ft) was about 928.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 26 m² it sits well below the postcode median (83 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 9 years since the last transfer (July 2017).