9 Annie Smith Way, Birkby, Huddersfield, HD2 2GB

9 Annie Smith Way is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Birkby, Huddersfield, Huddersfield (HD2 2GB). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 45 m² this is the 8th smallest of 64 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 33–130 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (45 versus a best of 82). The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2008); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 45 m² it's 22.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (58 m² median across 63 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2009–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at -3.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £109,000 sits 104.1% above the 2017 sale of £53,398. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£110/sq ft) was about 16.6% below the postcode norm. On the market in June 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.