8 York Avenue is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in West Kirby, Wirral, Wirral (CH48 3JF). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £631,000 is 32.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£292/sq ft) was about 32.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2022 for £475,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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8 York Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
8 York Avenue has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£631,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£475,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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EPC Rating for 8 York Avenue lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,146
Street avg £3,054
Floor Area
151 m²
Street avg 146 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 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
47.6dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single Storey Rear Extension.
What's in 8 York Avenue, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 3JF's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
16 November 2022Most recent
£475,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH48 3JF: £520,000 (2025–2018).

CO₂ Emissions
7.9 t/year
Street avg 6.7 t/year
CH48 3JP
Mount Road — bus stop.
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
39.0dB