23 Sandringham Road, Tuebrook, Liverpool, L13 8BX

23 Sandringham Road is a seven-bedroom semi-detached house in Tuebrook, Liverpool, Liverpool (L13 8BX). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it C (May 2014); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 73 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 11 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 72–321 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (27 versus a best of 86).

Held since November 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Liverpool HPI: 14.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£272/sq ft) was about 235.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 73 m² it sits well below the postcode median (202 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs).