1 Hardwick Court, Pontefract, WF8 3PB

1 Hardwick Court is a five-bedroom detached house in Pontefract (WF8 3PB). It has a recorded floor area of 220 m² (around 2368 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in March 2013 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

At 220 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 87% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £602,000 sits 69.6% above the 2021 sale of £355,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£150/sq ft) was about 19.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 8 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 5 refused. Past consents include new windows and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold July 2021 for £355,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.