238a, Knowsley Road, Bootle, L20 5DG

238a is a mid-terrace house in Bootle (L20 5DG). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on electricity. At 82 m² this is the 13th smallest of 14 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 15–82 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 14 units on file.

Today's modelled estimate of £125,000 is 21.6% below the 2021 sale of £159,500, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. At 82 m² the property is well over the postcode median (22 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £159,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.