5 Fir Road, Huddersfield, HD1 4JE

5 Fir Road is a mid-terrace house in Huddersfield (HD1 4JE). It has a recorded floor area of 161 m² (around 1733 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 1996 — that's 30 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. At 161 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 32 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £225,000 sits 492.1% above the 1996 sale of £38,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£22/sq ft) was about 82.1% below the postcode norm.