12 Darrington Road, East Hardwick, Pontefract, WF8 3DS

12 Darrington Road is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in East Hardwick, Pontefract, Pontefract (WF8 3DS). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in December 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on oil.

Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in April 1997. 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 £167,000 sits 339.5% above the 1997 sale of £38,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£47/sq ft) was about 78.3% below the postcode norm. At 75 m² it sits well below the postcode median (145 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.