17 Somerset Road is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in West Kirby, Wirral, Wirral (CH48 6EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wirral HPI: 7.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £229,000 sits 52.7% above the 2017 sale of £149,950. At 93 m² it's 29.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (72 m² median across 35 EPCs). Last sold in July 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
17 Somerset Road has no planning applications on record.
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17 Somerset Road has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£229,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.5% per year over 19 years.
£149,950
Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 19 years.
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Habitable Rooms for 17 Somerset Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,612
Street avg £1,515
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 74 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
47.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
28 July 2017Most recent
£149,950
+284.5%over 18 years8 January 1999
£39,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH48 6EJ: £135,000 (2024–2022).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 3.1 t/year
CH48 6DJ
Black Horse Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Black Horse Hill Infant School. 8 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB