59 Wakefield Road, Garforth, Leeds, LS25 1AR

59 Wakefield Road is a six-bedroom mid-terrace house in Garforth, Leeds, Leeds (LS25 1AR). It has a recorded floor area of 212 m² (around 2282 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2025) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in September 2019 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86).

Today's modelled estimate of £418,000 sits 161.2% above the 2021 sale of £160,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£70/sq ft) was about 58.5% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a basement excavation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 212 m² it's 29.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (164 m² median across 9 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Sold April 2021 for £160,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.