233a, Rake Lane, Wallasey, CH45 5DJ

233a is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Wallasey (CH45 5DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2017) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump.

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in November 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 81 m² it's 19% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £150,000 sits 1150% above the 1998 sale of £12,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£14/sq ft) was about 89.6% below the postcode norm.