24 Birch Grove, Castleford, WF10 3PQ

24 Birch Grove is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Castleford (WF10 3PQ). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

Held since December 2010 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1998–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £177,000 sits 50% above the 2010 sale of £118,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£131/sq ft) was about 22.5% below the postcode norm. At 84 m² it's 15.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 16 EPCs).