18 Birch Street, Southport, PR8 5EP
About 18 Birch Street
18 Birch Street is a semi-detached house in Southport (PR8 5EP). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
Across 2008–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at -2.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £166,000 sits 84.4% above the 2021 sale of £90,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£96/sq ft) was about 25.2% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £90,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
18 Birch Street has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
2 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
18 Birch Street's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£166,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -2.5% per year over 12 years.
£90,000
Growth on file: -2.5% per year over 12 years.
Sales timeline
12 February 2021Most recent
£90,000
-26.5%over 12 years18 December 2008
£122,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR8 5EP: £175,000 (2023–2021).
Nearby sales in PR8 5EP
Versus other Birch Street homes
Price per m² for 18 Birch Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,034
Street avg £1,438
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Boundary Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Birkdale Primary School. 15 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB