3a, Marsh Grove Road, Huddersfield, HD3 3AQ

3a is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Huddersfield (HD3 3AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 182 m² (around 1959 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since September 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump.

Held since April 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 182 m² the property is well over the postcode median (139 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £412,000 sits 79.1% above the 2006 sale of £230,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£117/sq ft) was about 23% below the postcode norm.