74 Bedford Road, Bootle, L20 2DS
About 74 Bedford Road
74 Bedford Road is an end-of-terrace house in Bootle (L20 2DS). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 61), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £112,000 in October 2019. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2007–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £143,000 is 27.7% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£69/sq ft) was about 49.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Energy performance
74 Bedford Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Jul 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
74 Bedford Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
6applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
74 Bedford Road's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£143,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.9% per year over 13 years.
£112,000
Growth on file: 0.9% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
6 October 2019Most recent
£112,000
+79.2%over 4 years7 May 2015
£62,500
+47.1%6 February 2015
£42,500
-57.5%over 8 years8 January 2007
£100,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in L20 2DS: £92,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in L20 2DS
Versus other Bedford Road homes
74 Bedford Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£747
Street avg £395
Floor Area
150 m²
Street avg 126 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
19.0 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
7/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Beatrice Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Hugh Baird College. 35 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
56.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.9dB








