26b, Westgate, Halifax, HX1 1DJ

26b is a semi-detached house in Halifax (HX1 1DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 146 m² (around 1572 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58). At 146 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 59–146 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (51 versus a best of 72).

Held since October 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 146 m² the property is well over the postcode median (67 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £225,000 sits 60.7% above the 2005 sale of £140,000. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2003.