4 Downham Road North, Wirral, CH61 6UR
About 4 Downham Road North
4 Downham Road North is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Wirral (CH61 6UR). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold July 2021 for £273,500. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £334,000 is 22.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£229/sq ft) was about 24.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
4 Downham Road North sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 03 Oct 2023
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Mechanical ventilation installed
Planning history
4 Downham Road North has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Jun 2025ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Two storey side extension with single storey rear extension
- Reference
- APPH/25/00909
- Jul 2003ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Erection of single-storey side extension
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- APP/03/06137
What's in 4 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
4 Downham Road North has changed hands more often than typical for the area.
£334,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.2% per year over 18 years.
£273,500
Growth on file: 3.2% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
14 July 2021Most recent
£273,500
+26.0%over 12 years5 July 2009
£217,000
+4.1%over 3 years1 June 2006
£208,500
+15.8%over 12 months9 June 2005
£180,000
+16.1%over 1 year10 June 2003
£155,000
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
£295,00010 Downham Road North, Wirral, CH61 6UR
Sold Jun 2021
£340,00024 Downham Road North, Wirral, CH61 6UR
Sold Apr 2021
£385,0002a, Downham Road North, Wirral, CH61 6UR
Sold Mar 2021
£330,000
Versus other Downham Road North homes
Habitable Rooms for 4 Downham Road North lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,464
Street avg £2,246
Floor Area
111 m²
Street avg 119 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 5.2 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








