78 Banks Road is a mid-terrace house in West Kirby, Wirral, Wirral (CH48 0RE). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 44 m² this is the 9th smallest of 31 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 27–200 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 31 units on file. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Main heating runs on electricity.
Today's modelled estimate of £199,000 is 25.7% below the 2022 sale of £268,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£566/sq ft) was about 383.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 44 m² it's 27.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (61 m² median across 30 EPCs). Sold May 2022 for £268,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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78 Banks Road has an approved single-storey front extension on the planning record.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£199,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£268,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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On price per m², 78 Banks Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£6,091
Street avg £1,932
Floor Area
44 m²
Street avg 73 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Dunraven Road — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What will this home really cost to run?
The EPC's recommended upgrades and their estimated cost, in the full report
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Erection of a single storey extension to the existing ground floor flat at the rear of the shop to the front.
What's in 78 Banks Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 0RE's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
31 May 2022Most recent
£268,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH48 0RE: £225,000 (2025–2021).

CO₂ Emissions
2.1 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
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
40.6dB