173a, Smithdown Road, Liverpool, L15 2HD

173a is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Liverpool (L15 2HD). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in November 1999. At 99 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 35 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–1999, sale prices on this property compounded at 34.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £142,000 sits 373.3% above the 1999 sale of £30,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£28/sq ft) was about 74.1% below the postcode norm.