589a, Wakefield Road, Huddersfield, HD5 9XP
About 589a
589a is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Huddersfield (HD5 9XP). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 45 m² this is the 5th smallest of 29 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–129 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to A across 29 units on file.
At 45 m² it's 16.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (54 m² median across 28 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£330/sq ft) was about 173.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £160,000 in March 2023. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2016.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- ParkingOff street
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
589a sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Roof insulation improved
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Planning history
1 application on record at 589a, Wakefield Road, Huddersfield, HD5 9XP
- May 2016Change Of UseOutlineOutcome in report
Prior approval for change of use from shop to dwelling
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 2016/90903
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Sales history & valuation
589a valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£172,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£160,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
1 March 2023Most recent
£160,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HD5 9XP: £237,500 (2024–2014).
Nearby sales in HD5 9XP
585 Wakefield Road, Huddersfield, HD5 9XP
Sold Jun 2024
£630,000579 Wakefield Road, Huddersfield, HD5 9XP
Sold Mar 2023
£116,250577 Wakefield Road, Huddersfield, HD5 9XP
Sold Jan 2020
£237,500601b, Wakefield Road, Huddersfield, HD5 9XP
Sold Sept 2014
£188,000595 Wakefield Road, Huddersfield, HD5 9XP
Sold Oct 2011
£140,000
Versus other Wakefield Road homes
EPC Rating for 589a lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
45 (E)
Street avg 86 (B)
Floor Area
45 m²
Street avg 54 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 0.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
Similar properties nearby
The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Waterloo Rise — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Dalton School. 13 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.8dB







