7 Heaton Gardens, Huddersfield, HD1 4JA

7 Heaton Gardens is a two-bedroom detached house in Huddersfield (HD1 4JA). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since March 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.

Held since May 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £175,000 sits 257.1% above the 2000 sale of £49,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£86/sq ft) was about 35.2% below the postcode norm. At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (79 m² across 37 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.