169 Bedford Road, Bootle, L20 2DR

169 Bedford Road is a mid-terrace house in Bootle (L20 2DR). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1851 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2015 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73).

3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion, subdivision and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 172 m² it's 29.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (133 m² median across 37 EPCs). Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 33.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£81/sq ft) was about 89% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2022 for £150,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.