61a, Balne Lane, Wakefield, WF2 0DP

61a is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Wakefield (WF2 0DP). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2013. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 1995 — that's 30 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. Today's modelled estimate of £218,000 sits 319.2% above the 1995 sale of £52,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£70/sq ft) was about 49.1% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 69 m² it's 17.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 10 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs).