Park View Cottage is a detached house in West Kirby, Wirral, Wirral (CH48 7EX). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows a C (score 70). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wirral HPI: 6.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £560,000 is 38.3% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£311/sq ft) was about 62.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, a porch, a conservatory and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 87% of similar EPCs). On the market in July 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.
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Park View Cottage's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Oct 2023
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Park View Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1997.
£560,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.4% per year over 17 years.
£405,000
Growth on file: 6.4% per year over 17 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
On price per m², Park View Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,347
Street avg £2,069
Floor Area
121 m²
Street avg 199 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
St Brides Lane — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.6dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey
Demolition of existing porch and conservatory. Construction of new front porch and single storey extension on footprint of conservatory.
What's in Park View Cottage, Carpenters Lane, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 7EX's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
23 July 2014Most recent
£405,000
+30.6%over 9 years9 August 2004
£310,000
+113.8%over 6 years19 December 1997
£145,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH48 7EX: £335,000 (2025–2020).

Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 7.8 t/year
CH48 7EA
Closest school
0.3 km
West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.5dB