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Garden Cottage, Queens Road, Norwood Green, Halifax, HX3 8RA

Property type
Detached
Habitable rooms
7
From EPC
Floor area
155 m²
1668 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 53
Council tax
Band F
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Garden Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Garden Cottage is a detached house in Norwood Green, Halifax, Halifax (HX3 8RA). It has a recorded floor area of 155 m² (around 1668 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump.

At 155 m² it's 26% larger than the typical home in the postcode (123 m² median across 5 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £576,000 is 45.5% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£237/sq ft) was about 33.9% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £396,000 in April 2019.

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Garden Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E53
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
9.4 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
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Level 3 Building Survey

Victorian-eraDetached HouseEPC EPre-1919 build

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Garden Cottage, Queens Road, Norwood Green, Halifax, HX3 8RA, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Garden Cottage has no planning applications on record.

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But the area is active

1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Sale price has at least doubled since 1995.

Current estimate

£576,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.8% per year over 24 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2019)

£396,000

Growth on file: 3.8% per year over 24 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 8 April 2019Most recent

    £396,000

    +140.0%over 23 years

  2. 24 July 1995

    £165,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in HX3 8RA: £500,000 (2025–2020).

On the street

Versus other Queens Road homes

Four headline reads against 5 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Garden Cottage outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,555

Street avg £3,789

Below

Floor Area

155 m²

Street avg 127 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

7 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

9.4 t/year

Street avg 6.1 t/year

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Before you decide

Everything you need to know about Garden Cottage

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

Pick your report · every report is £14.99

One time fee only - money back guarantee

Preview of the full property report

The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
£603k

1 Cecil Avenue

HX3 8SN

4 bed1 bath
£427k

1 Brooke Avenue, Hipperholme

HX3 8FT

£370k

1 Clare Royd, East View, Lightcliffe

HX3 8TR

3 bed1 bath
£350k

1 Bramley Fold, Bramley Lane

HX3 8NS

2 bed
£350k

1 Cresswell Terrace

HX3 8TA

£347k

1 Bramley View

HX3 8ST

£324k

1 Cobden Terrace

HX3 8JH

5 bed
£323k

1 Cliffe Avenue, Lightcliffe

HX3 8TN

3 bed1 bath
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Halifax district page.
Full Halifax report

Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.

Crime

3/mo

Rising year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.3 km

Village St Watford Avenue — bus stop.

Closest school

1.4 km

Lightcliffe C of E Primary School. 22 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around HX3 8RA from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for HX3 8RA

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

43.3dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for HX3 8RA

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

37.1dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Garden Cottage, Queens Road, Norwood Green, Halifax, HX3 8RA. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.