Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Apartment 5 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Liverpool (L1 8DZ). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band C. At 85 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 12 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 80–160 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in June 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. Main heating runs on electricity.
Last sale on file: £186,000 in March 2022. Across the public record there are 4 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. Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£203/sq ft) was about 61.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Certificate validity
Valid until 21 May 2035
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
External or internal wall insulation added
More low energy lighting installed
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Because the property has no mains gas supply and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Apartment 5 has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£197,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.2% per year over 18 years.
£186,000
Growth on file: 2.2% per year over 18 years.
30 March 2022Most recent
£186,000
+6.3%over 2 years14 February 2020
£175,000
+10.1%over 2 years12 April 2017
£159,000
+27.2%over 13 years16 December 2003
£125,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in L1 8DZ: £150,000 (2022–2017).
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Price per m² for Apartment 5 runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,188
Street avg £1,450
Floor Area
85 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.5 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
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Crime
577/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Forrest Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School. 36 schools nearby.
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