2 Lawns Lane, Carr Gate, Wakefield, WF2 0QU

2 Lawns Lane is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Carr Gate, Wakefield, Wakefield (WF2 0QU). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

At 107 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £181,000 sits 52.9% above the 2013 sale of £118,353. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£103/sq ft) was about 33.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in November 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.