8 Elmwood Avenue, Walton, Wakefield, WF2 6LS

8 Elmwood Avenue is a four-bedroom detached house in Walton, Wakefield, Wakefield (WF2 6LS). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (October 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72).

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 104 m² it's 19.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (87 m² median across 13 EPCs). Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£310/sq ft) was about 80.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2022 for £347,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.