481a, Smithdown Road, Liverpool, L15 5AE

481a is a six-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Liverpool (L15 5AE). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 145 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (15–145 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 15 units on file. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since August 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and window efficiency went from Average to Good.

Held since June 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £252,000 sits 687.5% above the 1995 sale of £32,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£21/sq ft) was about 60.3% below the postcode norm.