5 Libra Close, Liverpool, L14 9LX

5 Libra Close is a semi-detached house in Liverpool (L14 9LX). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2014); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 72 m² it's 18% larger than the typical home in the postcode (61 m² median across 25 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £168,000 sits 61.5% above the 2004 sale of £104,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£134/sq ft) was about 40.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.