Typical 3-bedroom house£146kmost £115k–£184k
Houses per m²£1,715flats £1,489
Sold last year1831,201 in five years
Prices in Sefton+3.7%on a year ago
A typical 3-bedroom house in L20 sold for £145,941 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £115,273 and £184,016, for about 87 m² of space. That is 5% less than the same home across Bootle (£154,000).
183 homes sold here in the last year: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks. Flats start at around £54k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in L20 2 (£1,140) and the most in L20 6 (£2,380).
Across Sefton, prices are up 3.7% on a year ago and up 25.8% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £993 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £666 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £29,000 for that mortgage: what £30,000 buys.
Questions about L20
Is L20 a good area to buy a home?
What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs 5% less than across Bootle; prices in Sefton are up 3.7% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (90% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (49.6% against 43.8%); 183 homes sold here last year. Whether it suits you depends on your budget and what you need nearby, so compare it with the districts around it below.
How much is a 3-bedroom house in L20?
A typical 3-bedroom house in L20 sold for £145,941 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £115,273 and £184,016.
Is L20 expensive for Bootle?
A 3-bedroom house in L20 costs 5% less than the typical 3-bedroom house across Bootle (£154,000).
How many homes sell in L20 each year?
183 homes sold in the last year and 1,201 in five years: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks.
What are the schools like near L20?
The best-performing state primary within 2 km is St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School, where 90% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).
Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.