Laverock Bank, Chestnut Avenue, Crosby, Liverpool, L23 2SY

Laverock Bank is a detached house in Crosby, Liverpool, Liverpool (L23 2SY). It has a recorded floor area of 360 m² (around 3875 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in June 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

Held since June 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 360 m² the property is well over the postcode median (214 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £842,000 sits 410.3% above the 1997 sale of £165,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£43/sq ft) was about 77% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: new windows refused in 2014.