5 Balne Avenue, Wakefield, WF2 9AT
About 5 Balne Avenue
5 Balne Avenue is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Wakefield (WF2 9AT). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89).
Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 2009–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £127,000 is 33.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£128/sq ft) was about 44% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £95,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
Energy performance
EPC Rating
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Planning history
5 Balne Avenue has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
5 Balne Avenue's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£127,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.5% per year over 12 years.
£95,000
Growth on file: 1.5% per year over 12 years.
Sales timeline
29 September 2021Most recent
£95,000
+18.8%over 11 years30 October 2009
£80,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WF2 9AT: £87,000 (2022–2017).
Versus other Balne Avenue homes
5 Balne Avenue outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,377
Street avg £1,346
Floor Area
69 m²
Street avg 72 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.5 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
7/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Darnley Avenue Victoria Ave — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant School. 25 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.6dB







