Hillcrest is a detached house in Fairburn, Knottingley, Knottingley (WF11 9JA). It has a recorded floor area of 256 m² (around 2756 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73).
At 256 m² the property is well over the postcode median (141 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £770,000 is 18.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£236/sq ft) was about 29.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £650,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Hillcrest's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Extension: Rear of property
Proposed erection of rear extension to form new sitting room with balcony over and three dormer windows, installation of one dormer windows to front elevation and new garage extension to side elevation at
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Latest sale on Hillcrest was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£770,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£650,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Habitable Rooms for Hillcrest runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,539
Street avg £2,168
Floor Area
256 m²
Street avg 149 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Old Garth Croft — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
23 March 2021Most recent
£650,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WF11 9JA: £275,000 (2025–2022).
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Sold Sept 2025
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Sold Aug 2025
Longridge Silver Street Fairburn Knottingley
Sold Dec 2024
Croft House Silver Street Fairburn Knottingley
Sold Jun 2023
Garden Cottage Silver Street Fairburn Knottingley
Sold Jul 2022

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.1 t/year
Street avg 6.0 t/year
Closest school
0.2 km
Fairburn Community Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.4dB