Overtown Grange Farm, The Balk, Walton, Wakefield, WF2 6JX

Overtown Grange Farm is a detached house in Walton, Wakefield, Wakefield (WF2 6JX). It has a recorded floor area of 273 m² (around 2939 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows a G (score 15), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at G across 2 certificates since January 2015. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel.

It hasn't traded since October 1996, a hold of 30 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 273 m² the property is well over the postcode median (194 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £608,000 sits 3374.3% above the 1996 sale of £17,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£6/sq ft) was about 97.6% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2013.