3 Chester Place, Halifax, HX3 6LU

3 Chester Place is a mid-terrace house in Halifax (HX3 6LU). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in April 2015 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since May 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. At 88 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 7 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 1998–1999, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £129,000 sits 263.4% above the 1999 sale of £35,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£37/sq ft) was about 66.6% below the postcode norm.