3 South Parade, Wakefield, WF1 1LR

3 South Parade is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Wakefield (WF1 1LR). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 79 m² this is the 16th smallest of 21 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–84 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (77 versus a worst of 29). The latest certificate (April 2019) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 8 certificates since March 2019. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good.

Today's modelled estimate of £128,000 is 69.5% below the 2022 sale of £420,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£494/sq ft) was about 133.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 79 m² it's 18.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (67 m² median across 20 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 7 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include partial demolition and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sale on file: £420,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.