166a is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in West Kirby, Wirral, Wirral (CH48 0RH). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wirral HPI: 9.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £247,000 is 30% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£142/sq ft) was about 38.2% below the postcode norm. At 124 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: October 2021 at £190,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2001.
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Installation of roller shutters.
166a has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£247,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.5% per year over 23 years.
£190,000
Growth on file: 9.5% per year over 23 years.
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166a is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£1,532
Street avg £2,695
Floor Area
124 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 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
Mostyn Avenue — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
What's in 166a, Banks Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 0RH's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
11 October 2021Most recent
£190,000
+26.7%over 10 years15 October 2010
£150,000
+552.2%over 12 years2 July 1998
£23,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH48 0RH: £315,000 (2024–2020).
164a Banks Road West Kirby Wirral
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CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
CH48 0QL
Closest school
0.4 km
West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.6dB