Blackwood House, Long Lover Lane, Halifax, HX1 4QF

Blackwood House is a six-bedroom detached house in Halifax (HX1 4QF). It has a recorded floor area of 295 m² (around 3175 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Today's modelled estimate of £356,000 is 11% below the 2024 sale of £400,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£126/sq ft) was about 41.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 295 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 21 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £400,000 in February 2024.