140 Wadham Road, Bootle, L20 2DE

140 Wadham Road is a mid-terrace house in Bootle (L20 2DE). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2025) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

At 142 m² the property is well over the postcode median (79 m² across 41 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £138,000 is 31.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£69/sq ft) was about 28.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: HMO conversion refused in 2021. Last sale on file: £105,000 in January 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.