129 Bedford Road, Bootle, L20 2DR

129 Bedford Road is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bootle (L20 2DR). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 53). The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 52 m² this is the 4th smallest of 38 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 40–172 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 38 units on file.

It hasn't traded since January 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (134 m² across 37 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2001–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 36.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £126,000 is 38.5% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£163/sq ft) was about 282.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.