5 Beacon Drive, Upton, Pontefract, WF9 1EF

5 Beacon Drive is a detached house in Upton, Pontefract, Pontefract (WF9 1EF). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2016); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 5-band jump.

Held since April 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 108 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 28 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £231,000 sits 71.1% above the 2005 sale of £135,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£116/sq ft) was about 18.8% below the postcode norm.