Flat 2, 353 Wakefield Road, Denby Dale, Huddersfield, HD8 8RP

Flat 2 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Denby Dale, Huddersfield, Huddersfield (HD8 8RP). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 64 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 59–76 m². On EPC score it ranks last in the building (39 versus a best of 54). The latest certificate (March 2019) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (December 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 64 m² it's 20.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (53 m² median across 12 EPCs). Across 2008–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at -1.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £148,000 is 37.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£156/sq ft) was about 18.4% below the postcode norm. Sold December 2021 for £107,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.