5 West Royd Villas, Halifax, HX1 3LS

5 West Royd Villas is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Halifax (HX1 3LS). It has a recorded floor area of 230 m² (around 2476 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in July 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 230 m² it's 27.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (180 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £319,000 is 41.8% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£91/sq ft) was about 141.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.