Zion Chapel, Apartment F6, George Street, Wakefield, WF1 1LG

Zion Chapel is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Wakefield (WF1 1LG). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. At 69 m² this is the 4th smallest of 17 units on EPC record in Zion Chapel, where floor areas span 64–94 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (February 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 69 m² it's 18.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (85 m² median across 16 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). Across 2020–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.3% per year. Sold May 2022 for £125,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.