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Get started14 Darrington Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in East Hardwick, Pontefract, Pontefract (WF8 3DS). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in August 1998. 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 £181,000 sits 277.1% above the 1998 sale of £48,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£84/sq ft) was about 61.1% below the postcode norm. At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (145 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
14 Darrington Road's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£181,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£48,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Floor Area for 14 Darrington Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£906
Street avg £2,495
Floor Area
53 m²
Street avg 152 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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10 August 1998Most recent
£48,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WF8 3DS: £535,000 (2025–2021).
37 Darrington Road East Hardwick Pontefract
Sold Jul 2025
29 Darrington Road East Hardwick Pontefract
Sold Jul 2024
41 Darrington Road East Hardwick Pontefract
Sold Sept 2021
39 Darrington Road East Hardwick Pontefract
Sold Sept 2021
35 Darrington Road East Hardwick Pontefract
Sold Jun 2021
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 7.0 t/year
WF8 3SG
Doncaster Road Darrington Rd — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Carleton High School. 8 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB
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