135a, Picton Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 4LG

135a is a mid-terrace house in Wavertree, Liverpool, Liverpool (L15 4LG). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 57). Main heating runs on electricity. At 42 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 14 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 40–210 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 14 units on file.

At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (91 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Across 2019–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£265/sq ft) was about 150.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £120,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.