25 Hornbeam Road, Walton, Liverpool, L9 1JA

25 Hornbeam Road is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Walton, Liverpool, Liverpool (L9 1JA). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. At 47 m² this is the 5th smallest of 16 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–99 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (54 versus a best of 76). Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in September 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (72 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2003–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 21.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £100,000 is 47.1% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£134/sq ft) was about 15.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.