8 Ashleigh Avenue, Pontefract, WF8 2AD

8 Ashleigh Avenue is a semi-detached house in Pontefract (WF8 2AD). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on electricity. At 46 m² this is the 5th smallest of 13 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–85 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (41 versus a best of 70).

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. Today's modelled estimate of £132,000 sits 165.3% above the 1996 sale of £49,750. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£100/sq ft) was about 35.9% below the postcode norm. At 46 m² it's 16.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (55 m² median across 12 EPCs).