20 Downham Road North, Wirral, CH61 6UR
About 20 Downham Road North
20 Downham Road North is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Wirral (CH61 6UR). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2013) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since July 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1999–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £389,000 sits 152.6% above the 2002 sale of £154,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£109/sq ft) was about 40.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 131 m² it's 18% larger than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 13 EPCs).
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 25 Jan 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
20 Downham Road North has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
- Jun 2003ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Erection of conservatory to rear of property
Extension- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- APP/03/05545
What's in 20 Downham Road North, Wirral, CH61 6UR's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
20 Downham Road North's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£389,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 16.4% per year over 3 years.
£154,000
Growth on file: 16.4% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
18 July 2002Most recent
£154,000
+56.2%over 2 years12 August 1999
£98,600
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH61 6UR: £340,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in CH61 6UR
22 Downham Road North, Wirral, CH61 6UR
Sold Nov 2024
£461,00016 Downham Road North, Wirral, CH61 6UR
Sold Sept 2021
£295,0004 Downham Road North, Wirral, CH61 6UR
Sold Jul 2021
£273,50010 Downham Road North, Wirral, CH61 6UR
Sold Jun 2021
£340,00024 Downham Road North, Wirral, CH61 6UR
Sold Apr 2021
£385,000
Versus other Downham Road North homes
On price per m², 20 Downham Road North runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,176
Street avg £2,363
Floor Area
131 m²
Street avg 118 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
Whitfield Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Heswall Primary School. 9 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.7dB








