5 Cambridge Road, Bootle, L20 9LE

5 Cambridge Road is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bootle (L20 9LE). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 96), a 4-band jump.

It hasn't traded since August 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. At 137 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 9 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. Across 1998–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £159,000 sits 76.8% above the 2006 sale of £89,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£61/sq ft) was about 18.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.