62 Melrose Road, Kirkdale, Liverpool, L4 1UJ

62 Melrose Road is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Kirkdale, Liverpool, Liverpool (L4 1UJ). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in October 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 98 m² it's 20.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £114,000 sits 225.7% above the 2008 sale of £35,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£33/sq ft) was about 38.4% below the postcode norm.