What type of property is 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF?

1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF is a 2-bedroom end-of-terrace house.

What was the last sold price for 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF?

1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF last sold for £227,000 in July 2022, around 4 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £152,000 in March 2015. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF?

Across 3 sales between March 2015 and July 2022, 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF rose from £152,000 to £227,000, a change of £75,000. That works out to roughly +5.7% per year compounded over 7 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF have?

The current EPC rating for 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF is E with a score of 39 out of 100, lodged in November 2014. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF?

1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (721 sq ft), around 34 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 30% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in WF9 1AF. Source: EPC Register.

How is 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF heated?

The latest EPC at 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF?

1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF is in council tax band C.

Where is 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF located?

1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF sits in Badsworth, Pontefract, Pontefract. It falls within the WF9 postcode district.

How safe is the area around 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF?

Police records around 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF show an average of 4 reported crimes per month over the last 5 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 50% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF?

The closest primary school to 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF is Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School (98m), one of 4 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Minsthorpe Community College (3.0km).

How well connected is 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF?

The closest bus stop to 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF is Badsworth Church, 48m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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1 The Cottages, Main Street, Badsworth, Pontefract, WF9 1AF

3 sales on record

Property type

End terrace

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

67 m²

721 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 39

Council tax

Band C

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 1 The Cottages

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

1 The Cottages is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Badsworth, Pontefract, Pontefract (WF9 1AF). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 67 m² it's 20.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 10 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£315/sq ft) was about 23.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £227,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms2
Bathrooms1

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Nov 2024

EPC Rating

E39

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Average

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

5.9 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

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Victorian-eraEnd-Terrace HouseEPC EPre-1919 build

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 1 The Cottages, Main Street, Badsworth, Pontefract, WF9 1AF, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

1 The Cottages has no planning applications on record.

A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

1 The Cottages saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.

Current estimate

£237,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.7% per year over 7 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£227,000

Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 7 years.

Sales timeline

5 July 2022Most recent
£227,000
+31.6%over 3 years
2 August 2018
£172,500
+13.5%over 3 years
20 March 2015
£152,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in WF9 1AF: £273,000 (2024–2019).

Nearby sales in WF9 1AF

On the street

Versus other Main Street homes

Four headline reads against 10 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On epc rating, 1 The Cottages runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£3,388

Street avg £3,676

Above

Floor Area

67 m²

Street avg 99 m²

On par

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

5.9 t/year

Street avg 5.0 t/year

Below

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Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Pontefract district page.

Full Pontefract report

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

0.0 km

Badsworth Church — bus stop.

Closest school

0.1 km

Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School. 5 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around WF9 1AF from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

47.6dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for WF9 1AF

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

39.4dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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FAQ

Common questions

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