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Get started23 Askam Avenue is a semi-detached house in Pontefract (WF8 2PN). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since April 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 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 £204,000 sits 334% above the 1995 sale of £47,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£43/sq ft) was about 66.9% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Aug 2023
23 Askam Avenue has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey extension to side
23 Askam Avenue's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1995).
£204,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£47,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Years Held for 23 Askam Avenue runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£461
Street avg £1,655
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 97 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Darkfield Lane — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
59.1dB

Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey extension to side
28 April 1995Most recent
£47,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WF8 2PN: £167,000 (2025–2023).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
WF8 2QG
Closest school
0.6 km
Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School. 17 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
50.5dB
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