Raehills, Flat 4, 39 Blundellsands Road East, Liverpool, L23 8UJ

Raehills is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Liverpool (L23 8UJ). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 54 m² this is the 4th smallest of 6 units on EPC record in Raehills, where floor areas span 39–59 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (44 versus a best of 83). The latest certificate (February 2024) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 54 m² it's 19.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (67 m² median across 25 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £128,000 sits 77.2% above the 2014 sale of £72,250. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£124/sq ft) was about 15.1% below the postcode norm. Last sold in December 2014, so it's been off the market for around 11 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.