5 Elder Green, Wakefield, WF2 9AH

5 Elder Green is a semi-detached house in Wakefield (WF2 9AH). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since December 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). Across 2009–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at -1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £170,000 sits 93.2% above the 2022 sale of £88,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£64/sq ft) was about 27.4% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold April 2022 for £88,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.