29 Birstall Avenue, St Helens, WA11 9LF
About 29 Birstall Avenue
29 Birstall Avenue is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in St Helens (WA11 9LF). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a corner plot.
3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 96 m² it's 24.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (77 m² median across 17 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£237/sq ft) was about 65.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2023 at £245,000.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- DrivewayYes
- Corner plotYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
29 Birstall Avenue has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Apr 2011ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
First floor bedroom extension over the existing garage.
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- P/2011/0141
- May 2006ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Conservatory to the rear.
Extension- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- P/2006/0401
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 29 Birstall Avenue was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£256,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 21 years.
£245,000
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
5 January 2023Most recent
£245,000
+322.4%over 20 years6 June 2002
£58,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WA11 9LF: £157,000 (2023–2021).
Nearby sales in WA11 9LF
7 Birstall Avenue, St Helens, WA11 9LF
Sold Jun 2023
£157,00040 Birstall Avenue, St Helens, WA11 9LF
Sold Nov 2022
£128,30030 Birstall Avenue, St Helens, WA11 9LF
Sold Jun 2022
£160,00014 Birstall Avenue, St Helens, WA11 9LF
Sold Sept 2021
£165,00011 Birstall Avenue, St Helens, WA11 9LF
Sold Aug 2021
£115,000
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Birstall Avenue homes
EPC Rating for 29 Birstall Avenue runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,552
Street avg £1,829
Floor Area
96 m²
Street avg 78 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 4.3 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
Mowbray Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Merton Bank Primary School. 23 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB