5 School Lane, Kirkheaton, Huddersfield, HD5 0JS

5 School Lane is a one-bedroom detached house in Kirkheaton, Huddersfield, Huddersfield (HD5 0JS). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2018) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in June 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Very Good.

At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1995–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £247,000 sits 168.5% above the 2013 sale of £92,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£67/sq ft) was about 50.7% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2001. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. On the market in June 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.