5 Rufford Road, Bootle, L20 5EP
About 5 Rufford Road
5 Rufford Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bootle (L20 5EP). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2012) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold August 2022 for £117,000. Across the public record there are 4 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 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£129/sq ft) was about 67.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
Energy performance
5 Rufford 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Aug 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Rufford Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
4applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2007.
£120,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.4% per year over 15 years.
£117,000
Growth on file: 7.4% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
21 August 2022Most recent
£117,000
+24.5%over 14 years9 November 2007
£94,000
+25.3%26 July 2007
£75,000
+92.3%9 April 2007
£39,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in L20 5EP: £90,000 (2025–2023).
Versus other Rufford Road homes
EPC Rating for 5 Rufford Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,393
Street avg £905
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 86 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
7/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Thornton Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Linacre Primary School. 37 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.3dB








