5 Beckenham Place, Halifax, HX1 4QP

5 Beckenham Place is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Halifax (HX1 4QP). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 61), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since October 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £109,000 is 21.1% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£86/sq ft) was about 82.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.