1 Fairfield Drive, Heckmondwike, WF16 9NR
About 1 Fairfield Drive
1 Fairfield Drive is a semi-detached house in Heckmondwike (WF16 9NR). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2014) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since February 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 134 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £256,000 sits 326.7% above the 1995 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£42/sq ft) was about 69.5% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2011.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
1 Fairfield Drive ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 26 May 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jan 2011ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Erection of first floor side extension on top of existing ground floor extension
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 2010/93248
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Fairfield Drive's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1995).
£256,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£60,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
13 February 1995Most recent
£60,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WF16 9NR: £170,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in WF16 9NR
11 Fairfield Drive, Heckmondwike, WF16 9NR
Sold Jul 2025
£170,00016 Fairfield Drive, Heckmondwike, WF16 9NR
Sold May 2025
£170,00013 Fairfield Drive, Heckmondwike, WF16 9NR
Sold Feb 2025
£240,0004 Fairfield Drive, Heckmondwike, WF16 9NR
Sold May 2024
£220,00014 Fairfield Drive, Heckmondwike, WF16 9NR
Sold Nov 2022
£149,275
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Fairfield Drive homes
1 Fairfield Drive is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£448
Street avg £1,981
Floor Area
134 m²
Street avg 86 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.4 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Dale Lane Wh Lee Rd — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School. 38 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.6dB