1 Beechwood Avenue, Shelf, Halifax, HX3 7ND

1 Beechwood Avenue is a semi-detached house in Shelf, Halifax, Halifax (HX3 7ND). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows a G (score 15), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (July 2014); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in June 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £190,000 sits 239.3% above the 1997 sale of £56,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£58/sq ft) was about 67.4% below the postcode norm.