9 Hornby Avenue, Wirral, CH62 2EQ

9 Hornby Avenue is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Wirral (CH62 2EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. At 40 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (40–73 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (29 versus a best of 76). Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 59), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.

At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (58 m² across 20 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. Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £103,000 is 37.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£174/sq ft) was about 57.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2022 for £75,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.