9 St James Road, Wallasey, CH45 9LR

9 St James Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Wallasey (CH45 9LR). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 55 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 25 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 40–412 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom.

It hasn't traded since June 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (104 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 252.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2005.