# 42 BURLINGTON AVENUE, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 8DZ

## Property details

- Slug: `c47ba08` (address key hash: `c47ba08f18fa1e5d47e5fe2efc1421b214acbaba`)
- Postcode: L37 8DZ
- Transactions on record: 1

- Tenure: Freehold
- Property type: Semi-detached
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 1
- Floor area: 87 m²
- EPC rating: C
- Year built: England and Wales: 1976-1982
- Last sold: £230,000 Mar 2026
- Price per m²: £2,644/m²
- Local average: £329,483 (40 sales)
- Street crime: 85 incidents within 1 mile (Jul 2026)

## Latest sale

- Price: £230,000
- Date: 2026-03-27
- Type: S
- Tenure: F

## EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost

- **Current rating:** C
- **Potential rating:** B
- **Expiry date:** 13/08/2035
- **Current heating cost:** £668/year
- **Est. upgrade cost to C:** £16,500

### Recommendations
- W2 (£5,000 - £10,000)
- U (£8,000 - £10,000)

[View full EPC on gov.uk](https://find-energy-certificate.service.gov.uk/energy-certificate/9047-3053-2208-3215-7200)

## Price history

| Event | Date | Price | Type | % change | Today’s value (HPI) | Transaction |
|-------|------|-------|------|--------|---------------------|-------------|
| Sold | 2026-03-27 | £230,000 | Semi-detached | — | £238,699 (to June 2026) | [View](http://87.117.209.195:8080/house-prices/5340b1c5-7eb3-8052-e063-4804a8c06ee4) |

*Today’s value (HPI): adjusted using published house price index trends for the area and property type; not a valuation of the property today.*

## Sales History

*Recorded sales for this property. Data from Land Registry Price Paid.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 42 BURLINGTON AVENUE, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 8DZ | £230,000 | 27/03/2026 | Semi-detached |

## Historic listings

Listing activity only where we matched the listing to a Land Registry sale already on record for this address.

- Matched listing: [166320536](http://87.117.209.195:8080/listings/c4b7c9e)

| Event | Date | Price |
|-------|------|-------|
| sold | 2026-01-01 | £230,000 |
| listed | 2025-08-28 | £240,000 |

## Sold Comparables

*Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles. Data from Land Registry Price Paid. Last 5 years.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 33 GARDNER ROAD, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 8DD | £268,000 | 12/12/2025 | Semi-detached |
| 9 CLEVE WAY, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 8BS | £260,000 | 04/12/2025 | Semi-detached |
| 6 MOSS GREEN, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 8BU | £275,000 | 02/05/2025 | Semi-detached |
| 4 BATTLE WAY, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 4HH | £244,000 | 24/11/2023 | Semi-detached |
| 5 NORRIS WAY, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 8DB | £225,000 | 17/11/2023 | Semi-detached |
| 3 CATTAN GREEN, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 8BX | £245,000 | 20/10/2023 | Semi-detached |
| 25 BUCKFAST DRIVE, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 4HD | £199,000 | 28/07/2023 | Semi-detached |
| 1 CROWLAND WAY, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 8BR | £200,000 | 04/05/2023 | Semi-detached |
| 3 SELBY DRIVE, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 8BJ | £245,000 | 28/02/2023 | Semi-detached |
| 189 GARDNER ROAD, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 8DG | £275,000 | 22/12/2022 | Semi-detached |
| 90 ALT ROAD, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 4HQ | £305,100 | 21/12/2022 | Semi-detached |
| 10 CARTMEL DRIVE, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 4HJ | £217,500 | 18/11/2022 | Semi-detached |
| 16 GLENMARSH WAY, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 8DX | £320,000 | 16/11/2022 | Semi-detached |
| 90 GARDNER ROAD, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 8DQ | £244,000 | 04/11/2022 | Semi-detached |
| 17 BURLINGTON AVENUE, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 8DY | £256,179 | 31/10/2022 | Semi-detached |
| 61 REDGATE, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 4EP | £212,000 | 25/10/2022 | Semi-detached |
| 121 ALT ROAD, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 4HG | £200,000 | 03/10/2022 | Semi-detached |
| 18 CLEVE WAY, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 8BS | £220,000 | 30/09/2022 | Semi-detached |
| 75 ALTCAR ROAD, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 8DS | £390,000 | 05/09/2022 | Semi-detached |
| 15 NORRIS WAY, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE, L37 8DB | £225,000 | 25/08/2022 | Semi-detached |

**Area average:** £251,289 (20 sales)

## Capital growth trend

*Land Registry outcode average from sold prices: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago.*

- **5y growth:** 19.4%
- **10y growth:** 24.5%

## House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

*Official index for Sefton; Semi-detached series; as of June 2026.*

- **1y growth (index):** 5.9%
- **5y growth (index):** 28.3%
- **10y growth (index):** 62.1%

## Rental Range

*ONS Price Index of Private Rents (Sefton). Low / Realistic / Optimistic = conservative / average / best case.*

- **Low:** £842/mo
- **Realistic:** £935/mo
- **Optimistic:** £1,029/mo

## LHA (Local Housing Allowance)

*VOA 30th percentile rent floor for Southport (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026).*

## Rental Comparables

*Residential lets from OpenRent and Rightmove for the area (same bedroom count). Use to validate rent estimates. Student lets are excluded.*

| Title | Rent | Beds | Distance | As seen on |
|------|------|------|------|------|
| 3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Monks Drive, L37 | £1,400/mo | 3 | 0.62 miles | OpenRent |
| 3 Bed Terraced House, Old Mill Lane, L37 | £1,250/mo | 3 | 0.62 miles | OpenRent |
| 3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Marina Road, L37 | £1,400/mo | 3 | 0.7 miles | OpenRent |
| 3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Westview Close, L37 | £984/mo | 3 | 1.14 miles | OpenRent |

**Average rent: £1,259/mo (4 listings)**

## 1% Rule

- **Rent ratio:** 0.58% (weak for cashflow)
- **Max investor price (0.8%):** £165,625
- **Target investor price (1%):** £132,500

*Monthly rent ÷ price. 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak. Max investor price = rent ÷ 0.8% (Stoke-style target). Target investor price = rent ÷ 1% (strong cashflow band). Based on OpenRent comparables.*

## Rent-driven metrics

*Based on OpenRent comparables (median £1,325/mo).*

- **Gross yield:** 6.9%
- **Cost-to-rent:** 14.5×
- **Monthly cashflow:** £262/mo (75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term)
- **Cash-on-cash ROI:** 4.7%

*Gross yield = annual rent as % of price (no costs). Cost-to-rent = price ÷ annual rent (from OpenRent comparables); under 14× = strong, 14–16× = acceptable, 17×+ = compressed. Cashflow = rent − mortgage − 10% maintenance − £25/mo compliance; assumes 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term. ROI = annual profit ÷ cash in (deposit + 4% purchase costs).*

## Flood risk

- **Zone:** 1
- **Risk:** Low
- **Source:** Not in Flood Risk Area (no data)

[Check long-term flood risk (GOV.UK)](https://check-long-term-flood-risk.service.gov.uk/postcode)

## Street-level crime

| Category | Count |
|----------|-------|
| Violence and sexual offences | 42 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 16 |
| Shoplifting | 11 |
| Public order | 6 |
| Drugs | 4 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| **Total incidents** | **85** |

*Within 1 mile during Jul 2026. Source: data.police.uk (England & Wales).*

## Schools nearby

*Nearest open schools with Ofsted ratings (England). Closed schools are not shown.*

| Name | Type | Distance | Ofsted |
|------|------|----------|--------|
| Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School | Primary | 0.2 miles | Good — 5 Dec 2019 |
| Redgate Community Primary School | Primary | 0.4 miles | Good — 20 Nov 2017 |
| Freshfield Primary School | Primary | 0.5 miles | Outstanding — 24 Jun 2024 |
| Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary School | Primary | 0.8 miles | Outstanding — 23 May 2024 |
| Formby High School | Secondary | 0.9 miles | Good — 12 Dec 2022 |