The Barn is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Wirral (CH48 1LB). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wirral HPI: 7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £458,000 sits 52.7% above the 2017 sale of £299,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£284/sq ft) was about 17.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in February 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years. At 98 m² it's 25.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (132 m² median across 6 EPCs).
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
The Barn has no planning applications on record.
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The Barn valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£458,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.0% per year over 5 years.
£299,950
Growth on file: 7.0% per year over 5 years.
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Floor Area for The Barn lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,061
Street avg £3,253
Floor Area
98 m²
Street avg 134 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 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
47.8dB

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 upgraded for better temperature management
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
7 February 2017Most recent
£299,950
+39.5%over 4 years8 March 2012
£215,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH48 1LB: £457,000 (2021–2016).

CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 7.4 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