5 Princes Avenue is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in West Kirby, Wirral, Wirral (CH48 7HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 220 m² (around 2368 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump.
On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£268/sq ft) was about 97.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 220 m² it's 17% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (265 m² median across 6 EPCs). Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £635,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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5 Princes Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
5 Princes Avenue has no planning applications on record.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£689,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£635,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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On price per m², 5 Princes Avenue stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,886
Street avg £2,019
Floor Area
220 m²
Street avg 253 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
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
St Brides Lane — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.2dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
8 September 2022Most recent
£635,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH48 7HJ: £620,000 (2025–2006).

Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 12.2 t/year
CH48 7EX
Closest school
0.2 km
West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.2dB