Rose Cottage, Station Road, Lydiate, Liverpool, L31 4EY

Rose Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Lydiate, Liverpool, Liverpool (L31 4EY). It has a recorded floor area of 250 m² (around 2691 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2014); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 48). Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a balcony, a conservatory and attached land beyond the plot. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 250 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £465,000 in May 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £581,000 is 24.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£173/sq ft) was about 45.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused.