Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
14 Forton Lodge Flats is a mid-terrace house in Liverpool (L23 8SA). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 994 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2010) shows a G (score 15), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 51), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from December 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 92 m² this is the 11th smallest of 14 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 80–115 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (15 versus a best of 78).
Untraded for 25 years, with the last transfer in August 2001. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £200,000 sits 215% above the 2001 sale of £63,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£64/sq ft) was about 48.6% below the postcode norm.
14 Forton Lodge Flats sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Dec 2020
Certificate validity
Expired on 10 December 2020
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14 Forton Lodge Flats has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
14 Forton Lodge Flats's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2001).
£200,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£63,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
2 August 2001Most recent
£63,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in L23 8SA: £130,000 (2023–2021).
18 Forton Lodge Flats, Blundellsands Road East, Liverpool, L23 8SA
Sold Jul 2023
17 Forton Lodge Flats, Blundellsands Road East, Liverpool, L23 8SA
Sold May 2022
7 Forton Lodge Flats, Blundellsands Road East, Liverpool, L23 8SA
Sold Sept 2021
15 Forton Lodge Flats, Blundellsands Road East, Liverpool, L23 8SA
Sold Jul 2021
11 Forton Lodge Flats, Blundellsands Road East, Liverpool, L23 8SA
Sold Jun 2021
Price per m² for 14 Forton Lodge Flats lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£688
Street avg £1,509
Floor Area
92 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
132/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Victoria Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Valewood Primary School. 18 schools nearby.
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