87 Batley Road, Wakefield, WF2 0AB

87 Batley Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Wakefield (WF2 0AB). It has a recorded floor area of 208 m² (around 2239 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.

At 208 m² the property is well over the postcode median (142 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 2009–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £461,000 is 18.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£174/sq ft) was about 38.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £390,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.