589a, Wakefield Road, Huddersfield, HD5 9XP

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 175.3% 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.