Crofters Cottage, Tom Wood Ash Lane, Upton, Pontefract, WF9 1HB

Crofters Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Upton, Pontefract, Pontefract (WF9 1HB). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 875 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2012) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (March 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. The latest certificate is from February 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in July 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 81 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2002–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £200,000 is 35.6% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£169/sq ft) was about 30.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.