5c, Market Street, Heckmondwike, WF16 0JY

5c is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Heckmondwike (WF16 0JY). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2014 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good and roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. At 55 m² this is the 8th smallest of 11 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 26–206 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (39 versus a best of 78).

Untraded for 21 years, with the last transfer in June 2005. At 55 m² the property is well over the postcode median (36 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £121,000 sits 61.3% above the 2005 sale of £75,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£127/sq ft) was about 21% below the postcode norm.