3 Mountwood Road, Birkenhead, CH42 8NQ
About 3 Mountwood Road
3 Mountwood Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Birkenhead (CH42 8NQ). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 114 m² it sits well below the postcode median (333 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£448/sq ft) was about 108.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £550,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenFront and rear
- GarageDetached
- LandYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
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Energy performance
3 Mountwood Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2025ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey front extension, single storey rear extension, a raised rear patio, loft and roof alterations to create a rear box dormer with rooflights to the front roof, modifications to the front boundary and entrance gate, front garden landscaping works and alterations to external wall materials to render.
- Reference
- APPH/25/01204
- Apr 2023Demolition And RebuildFullIn report
(AMENDED DRAWINGS) Proposed demolition of existing bungalow and garage in a conservation area and the construction of a new 2 storey house and garage essentially over the existing footprint.. New Gate posts, Gates & Fencing to Mountwood Road plus alterations to the existing vehicular access
- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- APP/23/00578
What's in 3 Mountwood Road, Birkenhead, CH42 8NQ's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£524,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£550,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
9 October 2022Most recent
£550,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH42 8NQ: £575,000 (2024–2003).
Versus other Mountwood Road homes
On epc rating, 3 Mountwood Road runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
51 (E)
Street avg 65 (D)
Floor Area
114 m²
Street avg 328 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.8 t/year
Street avg 9.8 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
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Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Stanley Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Prenton High School for Girls. 35 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.0dB