18 Victoria Drive is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in West Kirby, Wirral, Wirral (CH48 0QT). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. At 62 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 17 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 49–214 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wirral HPI: 5.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £228,000 is 14% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£300/sq ft) was about 70.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 62 m² it's 21.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (79 m² median across 16 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Sold June 2022 for £200,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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18 Victoria Drive has no planning applications on record.
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18 Victoria Drive has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2001.
£228,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 21 years.
£200,000
Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 21 years.
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Habitable Rooms for 18 Victoria Drive lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,226
Street avg £2,543
Floor Area
62 m²
Street avg 88 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Dunraven Road — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.2dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
24 June 2022Most recent
£200,000
+81.8%over 17 years25 June 2004
£110,000
+69.2%over 2 years30 October 2001
£65,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH48 0QT: £250,000 (2024–2022).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.2 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
CH48 0QT
Closest school
0.6 km
West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.3dB