20 Elm Road, Birkenhead, CH42 9NY
About 20 Elm Road
20 Elm Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Birkenhead (CH42 9NY). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1201 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2009) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 41). The latest certificate is from June 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 112 m² it sits well below the postcode median (191 m² across 13 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. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2009–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £557,000 is 28.6% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£360/sq ft) was about 148.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 8 years ago, in December 2017.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- GarageIntegral
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
20 Elm Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Jun 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
20 Elm Road has an approved side and rear extension on the planning record.
- Sept 2014ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Proposed single storey side and rear garden extension
- Agent
- Wallace Architecture
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- APP/14/00949
What's in 20 Elm Road, Birkenhead, CH42 9NY's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
20 Elm Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£557,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.5% per year over 8 years.
£433,000
Growth on file: 3.5% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
15 December 2017Most recent
£433,000
+33.2%over 8 years23 July 2009
£325,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH42 9NY: £430,000 (2025–2020).
Versus other Elm Road homes
20 Elm Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,880
Street avg £1,746
Floor Area
112 m²
Street avg 200 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 9.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Storeton Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead. 39 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.1dB







