Gorse Mount is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Wirral (CH48 1LA). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2008) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The latest certificate is from November 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wirral HPI: 9.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £510,000 is 36% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£231/sq ft) was about 20% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 151 m² it's 21.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (125 m² median across 6 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). On the market in March 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.
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Gorse Mount's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Nov 2018
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
Alteration of two rear dormers to form one dormer
Gorse Mount has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£510,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.9% per year over 18 years.
£375,000
Growth on file: 9.9% per year over 18 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
Price per m² for Gorse Mount lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,483
Street avg £3,479
Floor Area
151 m²
Street avg 116 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey rear extension to dwelling
What's in Gorse Mount, Fleck Lane, Wirral, CH48 1LA's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
18 March 2014Most recent
£375,000
+21.0%over 5 years5 December 2008
£310,000
+343.2%over 12 years28 June 1996
£69,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH48 1LA: £350,000 (2020–2014).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
CH48 1NN
Fleck Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Calday Grange Grammar School. 11 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB