5 Chestnut Street, Huddersfield, HD2 1HJ

5 Chestnut Street is a mid-terrace house in Huddersfield (HD2 1HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 52 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 21 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–100 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (33 versus a best of 72).

Untraded for 25 years, with the last transfer in April 2001. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (76 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £124,000 sits 244.4% above the 2001 sale of £36,000.