21 Wheater House, Queen Street, Wakefield, WF1 1LQ

21 Wheater House is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Wakefield (WF1 1LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, lighting went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Main heating runs on electricity. At 65 m² this is the 17th smallest of 21 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–69 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (66 versus a best of 84).

Held since November 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 65 m² it's 16.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (56 m² median across 20 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2000–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 25.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£164/sq ft) was about 39.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.