188a, Smithdown Road, Liverpool, L15 3JT

188a is a mid-terrace house in Liverpool (L15 3JT). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 144 m² this is the 11th smallest of 18 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 40–168 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2015. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).

Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £217,000 is 36.2% below the 2022 sale of £340,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£219/sq ft) was about 80.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 144 m² it's 21% larger than the typical home in the postcode (119 m² median across 17 EPCs). Sold July 2022 for £340,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.