21 Apple Tree Close, Pontefract, WF8 4RH

21 Apple Tree Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Pontefract (WF8 4RH). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2013) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (82 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £276,000 sits 64.3% above the 2013 sale of £168,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£289/sq ft) was about 66.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in July 2013, so it's been off the market for around 13 years.