The Cottage Courtyard, Flat 15, Stafford Avenue, Halifax, HX3 0DF

The Cottage Courtyard is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Halifax (HX3 0DF). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85). Period features are noted in the property record.

At 116 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £203,000 is 26.9% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£128/sq ft) was about 36.1% below the postcode norm. On the market in September 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.