16 Blacksmiths Fold, Almondbury, Huddersfield, HD5 8XH

16 Blacksmiths Fold is a four-bedroom detached house in Almondbury, Huddersfield, Huddersfield (HD5 8XH). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

Untraded for 20 years, with the last transfer in December 2006. At 132 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £420,000 sits 75% above the 2006 sale of £240,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.