1 Bedford Road, Bootle, L20 7DL

1 Bedford Road is an end-of-terrace house in Bootle (L20 7DL). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in June 2011 the rating was G, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

At 151 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at -13.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £148,000 sits 196% above the 2021 sale of £50,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£31/sq ft) was about 53% below the postcode norm. Sold October 2021 for £50,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.