147 Bedford Road, Bootle, L20 2DR

147 Bedford Road is a mid-terrace house in Bootle (L20 2DR). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in January 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). At 86 m² this is the 9th 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.

At 86 m² it sits well below the postcode median (134 m² across 37 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £90,000 in January 2022. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £133,000 is 47.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£97/sq ft) was about 132.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused.