The Barn, Ferry Road, Wirral, CH62 0AJ

The Barn is a detached house in Wirral (CH62 0AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it F (April 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 67), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 43 m² it sits well below the postcode median (94 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £146,000 is 32.7% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£238/sq ft) was about 17.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2019 for £110,000.