23 Emscote Grove, Halifax, HX1 3AP

23 Emscote Grove is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Halifax (HX1 3AP). It has a recorded floor area of 29 m² (around 312 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in February 2018 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 29 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 45 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–131 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 45 units on file. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 29 m² it sits well below the postcode median (78 m² across 44 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £132,000 is 34.7% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£314/sq ft) was about 323.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £98,000 in February 2023.