1 Gerard Road is a semi-detached house in West Kirby, Wirral, Wirral (CH48 4ES). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2017) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on house coal.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wirral HPI: 7.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £527,000 is 18.4% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£470/sq ft) was about 109.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 88 m² it's 21.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (112 m² median across 13 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold June 2019 for £445,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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1 Gerard Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
1 Gerard Road has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
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Price for 1 Gerard Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£527,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.6% per year over 22 years.
£445,000
Growth on file: 7.6% per year over 22 years.
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What we flagged
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Ashburton Road — bus stop.

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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Single storey side extension
14 June 2019Most recent
£445,000
+80.2%over 12 months22 June 2018
£247,000
+148.2%over 19 years22 February 1999
£99,500
+15.7%over 2 years10 February 1997
£86,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH48 4ES: £499,950 (2025–2019).
West Heath Court Flat 5 Gerard Road West Kirby Wirral
Sold Jun 2025
West Heath Court Flat 1 Gerard Road West Kirby Wirral
Sold Feb 2024
West Heath Court Flat 8 Gerard Road West Kirby Wirral
Sold Jan 2024
West Heath Court Flat 2 Gerard Road West Kirby Wirral
Sold Feb 2023
West Heath Court Flat 4 Gerard Road West Kirby Wirral
Sold Apr 2019

CH48 4ER
Closest school
0.6 km
West Kirby Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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