Yew Tree Cottage, Eastham Village Road, Eastham, Wirral, CH62 0AE
About Yew Tree Cottage
Yew Tree Cottage is a detached house in Eastham, Wirral, Wirral (CH62 0AE). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.
Held since November 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £443,000 sits 210.9% above the 1997 sale of £142,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£92/sq ft) was about 46.4% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Yew Tree Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Yew Tree Cottage has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Apr 2014ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single-storey extension to rear
- Agent
- Cheshire Architectural Services
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- APP/14/00316
What's in Yew Tree Cottage, Eastham Village Road, Eastham, Wirral, CH62 0AE's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Yew Tree Cottage's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£443,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£142,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
6 November 1997Most recent
£142,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH62 0AE: £175,000 (2022–2015).
Nearby sales in CH62 0AE
144 Eastham Village Road, Eastham, Wirral, CH62 0AE
Sold Dec 2022
£175,000118 Eastham Village Road, Eastham, Wirral, CH62 0AE
Sold Oct 2016
£507,000134 Eastham Village Road, Eastham, Wirral, CH62 0AE
Sold Mar 2015
£176,500146 Eastham Village Road, Eastham, Wirral, CH62 0AE
Sold Mar 2014
£137,000The Paddock, Eastham Village Road, Eastham, Wirral, CH62 0AE
Sold Nov 2011
£150,000
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Versus other Eastham Village Road homes
On price per m², Yew Tree Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£990
Street avg £2,118
Floor Area
144 m²
Street avg 201 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.4 t/year
Street avg 9.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Eastham Village Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Millfields Church of England (Controlled) Primary School. 10 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.9dB