8 Burnie Avenue, Bootle, L20 0BW

8 Burnie Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bootle (L20 0BW). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in September 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since January 2000 — that's 26 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. Today's modelled estimate of £144,000 sits 380% above the 2000 sale of £30,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£49/sq ft) was about 64.5% below the postcode norm. At 57 m² it's 21.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 32 EPCs).