5 Irby Road, Wirral, CH61 6UX
About 5 Irby Road
5 Irby Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Wirral (CH61 6UX). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 119 m² it's 22.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (98 m² median across 12 EPCs). Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £446,000 is 23.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£281/sq ft) was about 41.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £360,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Irby Road has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
- Dec 2017ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Rear Extension(amended).
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- APP/17/01312
What's in 5 Irby Road, Wirral, CH61 6UX's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£446,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.9% per year over 14 years.
£360,000
Growth on file: 3.9% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
24 June 2021Most recent
£360,000
+9.9%over 1 year23 October 2019
£327,500
+52.3%over 11 years14 December 2007
£215,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH61 6UX: £333,000 (2025–2020).
Versus other Irby Road homes
Habitable Rooms for 5 Irby Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,025
Street avg £2,586
Floor Area
119 m²
Street avg 96 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 5.1 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
Elmwood Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 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
50.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.7dB








