Flat 4, 71 Wood Lane, Huddersfield, HD4 6PT

Flat 4 is a two-bedroom detached house in Huddersfield (HD4 6PT). It has a recorded floor area of 38 m² (around 409 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band A. At 38 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 10 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–53 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (52 versus a best of 75). The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 38 m² it sits well below the postcode median (63 m² across 29 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. Last sale on file: £75,000 in March 2022. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at -2.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £104,000 is 38.7% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£183/sq ft) was about 43.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.