5 Wood Street, Port Sunlight, Wirral, CH62 4UY
About 5 Wood Street
5 Wood Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Port Sunlight, Wirral, Wirral (CH62 4UY). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 858 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (November 2010) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58). The latest certificate is from November 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Last sale on file: £205,000 in September 2021. Across the public record there are 6 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. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £243,000 is 18.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£239/sq ft) was about 69.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- Swimming poolYes
Building
- Listed buildingYes
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
5 Wood Street's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Nov 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Wood Street has 3 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Aug 2021ExtensionHeritageIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed Single Storey Extension to Rear (Amended plans 11.08.21)
- Agent
- Paddock Johnson Partnership
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- LBC/21/00945
- Aug 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed Single Storey Extension to Rear (Amended plans 11.08.21)
- Agent
- Paddock Johnson Partnership
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- APP/21/00944
What's in 5 Wood Street, Port Sunlight, Wirral, CH62 4UY's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 5 Wood Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£243,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 24 years.
£205,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
29 September 2021Most recent
£205,000
+44.4%over 6 years16 October 2014
£142,000
+2.5%over 8 years25 November 2005
£138,500
+31.9%over 2 years24 January 2003
£105,000
+75.0%over 1 year7 December 2001
£60,000
+20.1%over 4 years29 July 1997
£49,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH62 4UY: £154,000 (2019–2011).
Nearby sales in CH62 4UY
3 Wood Street, Port Sunlight, Wirral, CH62 4UY
Sold May 2019
£165,00021 Wood Street, Port Sunlight, Wirral, CH62 4UY
Sold Jul 2015
£159,9507 Wood Street, Port Sunlight, Wirral, CH62 4UY
Sold Feb 2013
£153,00015 Wood Street, Port Sunlight, Wirral, CH62 4UY
Sold Nov 2011
£154,00011 Wood Street, Port Sunlight, Wirral, CH62 4UY
Sold Mar 2011
£147,500
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Versus other Wood Street homes
On price per m², 5 Wood Street stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,572
Street avg £1,861
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 82 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Port Sunlight Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.6 km
Church Drive Primary School. 21 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
51.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.2dB