4 Crabtree Street, Halifax, HX1 4JZ

4 Crabtree Street is an end-of-terrace house in Halifax (HX1 4JZ). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump.

Held since March 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 79 m² the property is well over the postcode median (43 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2005–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 10% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £104,000 sits 372.7% above the 2006 sale of £22,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.