What type of property is 26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR?

26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR is a 2-bedroom semi-detached house.

What was the last sold price for 26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR?

26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR last sold for £157,500 in July 2022, around 4 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £117,000 in May 2019. Source: HM Land Registry.

How has the value of 26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR changed over time?

Across 3 sales between May 2019 and July 2022, 26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR rose from £117,000 to £157,500, a change of £40,500. That works out to roughly +10% per year compounded over 3 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

How energy efficient is 26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR?

The current EPC rating for 26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR is D with a score of 66 out of 100, lodged in November 2018. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR?

26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (689 sq ft), around 32 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 23% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in HD5 9UR. Source: EPC Register.

How is 26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR heated?

The latest EPC at 26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is 26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR?

26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR is in council tax band B. That sits at the lower end of the A-H ladder, typically reflecting smaller floor areas or lower 1991 valuations.

Where is 26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR located?

26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR sits in Huddersfield. It falls within the HD5 postcode district.

How safe is the area around 26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR?

Police records around 26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR show an average of 2 reported crimes per month over the last 9 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 48% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve 26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR?

The closest primary school to 26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR is Dalton School (547m), one of 12 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Netherhall Learning Campus High School (1.5km), with 3 secondaries in the surrounding area.

How well connected is 26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR?

The closest bus stop to 26 Albany Drive, HD5 9UR is Kirkwood Hospice, 71m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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26 Albany Drive, Huddersfield, HD5 9UR

3 sales on record

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

64 m²

689 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 66

Council tax

Band B

Overview

About 26 Albany Drive

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

26 Albany Drive is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Huddersfield (HD5 9UR). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.

Across 2019–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 10% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £182,000 is 15.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£229/sq ft) was about 35.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 64 m² it's 19% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (79 m² median across 12 EPCs). Last sale on file: £157,500 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms2
Bathrooms1

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

EPC Rating

D66

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

2.9 t/year

Occupancy

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 26 Albany Drive, Huddersfield, HD5 9UR, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

26 Albany Drive has no planning applications on record.

But the area is active

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

26 Albany Drive saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.

Current estimate

£182,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.0% per year over 3 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£157,500

Growth on file: 10.0% per year over 3 years.

Sales timeline

7 July 2022Most recent
£157,500
+16.7%over 1 year
20 August 2020
£135,000
+15.4%over 1 year
21 May 2019
£117,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in HD5 9UR: £170,000 (2024–2018).

Nearby sales in HD5 9UR

On the street

Versus other Albany Drive homes

Four headline reads against 12 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Habitable Rooms for 26 Albany Drive lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,461

Street avg £2,063

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Floor Area

64 m²

Street avg 95 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

3 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

2.9 t/year

Street avg 4.8 t/year

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Comparables

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Kirkwood Hospice — bus stop.

Closest school

0.5 km

Dalton School. 15 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around HD5 9UR from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

52.2dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for HD5 9UR

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

40.4dB

Low

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