Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
394 Wakefield Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Denby Dale, Huddersfield, Huddersfield (HD8 8RP). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
Last sale on file: £110,000 in July 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 44 m² it's 22.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (57 m² median across 12 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £150,000 is 36.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£232/sq ft) was about 26.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Certificate validity
Valid until 22 December 2026
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Because the property was built before 1919, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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394 Wakefield Road has no planning applications on record.
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6 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
394 Wakefield Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2002.
£150,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 19 years.
£110,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 19 years.
29 July 2021Most recent
£110,000
+1.9%over 4 years29 June 2017
£108,000
+5.9%over 11 years20 December 2005
£102,000
+145.8%over 3 years1 November 2002
£41,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in HD8 8RP: £125,000 (2026–2023).
Flat 1, 353 Wakefield Road, Denby Dale, Huddersfield, HD8 8RP
Sold May 2026
390 Wakefield Road, Denby Dale, Huddersfield, HD8 8RP
Sold Feb 2025
400 Wakefield Road, Denby Dale, Huddersfield, HD8 8RP
Sold Aug 2024
398 Wakefield Road, Denby Dale, Huddersfield, HD8 8RP
Sold Jul 2024
361a, Wakefield Road, Denby Dale, Huddersfield, HD8 8RP
Sold Aug 2023
Price per m²
£2,500
Street avg £2,267
Floor Area
44 m²
Street avg 58 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
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Crime
124/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Wesley Terrace — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Denby Dale First and Nursery School. 9 schools nearby.
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