16 Grange Cross Lane is a two-bedroom detached house in Wirral (CH48 8BG). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Other recorded features include notable views, a conservatory and attached land beyond the plot.
Held since February 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have lagged Wirral HPI: -20.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £507,000 sits 463.3% above the 1998 sale of £90,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£71/sq ft) was about 70% below the postcode norm. At 117 m² it's 28.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (163 m² median across 9 EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2026.
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Extension: Rear of property
Hip to gable roof and loft conversion with erection of new porch and front dormer, 1.5 storey rear extension with flat roof link dormer and covered balcony with external alterations.
Latest sale on 16 Grange Cross Lane was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£507,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -20.1% per year over 2 years.
£90,000
Growth on file: -20.1% per year over 2 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
On price per m², 16 Grange Cross Lane runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£769
Street avg £2,837
Floor Area
117 m²
Street avg 164 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
48.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What will this home really cost to run?
The EPC's recommended upgrades and their estimated cost, in the full report
What's in 16 Grange Cross Lane, Wirral, CH48 8BG's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
4 February 1998Most recent
£90,000
-28.9%over 1 year31 July 1996
£126,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH48 8BG: £578,000 (2024–2019).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 7.0 t/year
CH48 8BS
Column Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Calday Grange Grammar School. 12 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB