7, Melville Drive
7, Melville Drive
Description & Estimates
7, Melville Drive, Castleford is recorded publicly as a modern freehold house across 1,119 ft2 of internal area, sitting on a 141 m2 plot.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 4 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of 7, Melville Drive, Castleford is £216,187 and its rental estimate is £1,040 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Melville Drive, Castleford, WF10 falls within the WF10 postal district, in the borough of Wakefield.
Our Data Sources
7, Melville Drive, Castleford has a single entry in the Land Registry from January 2014 and a single entry in the EPC database dated December 2013.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 5 out of 5 and is considered of high accuracy.
Price Range & Condition
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For 7, Melville Drive, Castleford, we estimate a market value of £226,996 and a rental value of £1,092 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £201,054 and £967 per month respectively.
Recent Market Change
Over the last year, 7, Melville Drive, Castleford has seen its estimated sale value grow by £2,336 (1.1%) and its estimated rental value climb by £24 per month (2.3%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 5.8%.
Plot Size
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for 7, Melville Drive, Castleford as measuring 141 m2.
That makes it the 7th largest plot in the postcode, where 15 of the 17 other houses have recorded plot data.
Energy Efficiency
7, Melville Drive, Castleford has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of A. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 11 Dec 2013.
The property is not connected to mains gas and has high performance glazing. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, mains gas.
Sold Prices
The most recent sale of 7, Melville Drive, Castleford completed on 24th January 2014 at £159,950 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 this is the property's only sale.
Values of comparable properties have risen by 85.5% over the period since January 2014.
- Sold Jan 2014£159,950
Similar Properties Sold Nearby
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to 7, Melville Drive, Castleford have sold within a radius of 620 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 7th June 2023, was 10, Melville Drive, Castleford, WF10 5FT, a freehold house which sold for £195,000.
Read more about house prices in WF10.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
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Location Comparison
Of the 17 addresses on Melville Drive, Castleford, WF10, 7, Melville Drive, Castleford comes out as the 6th largest and the 5th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £27k more expensive than the average property across the WF10 district.
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Schools Nearby
- 900mAckton Pastures Primary Academy
- 1.0kmSmawthorne Henry Moore Academy
- 1.0kmHalf Acres Primary Academy
- 1.7kmSt Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
- 1.9kmCastleford Academy
- 3.4kmAiredale Academy
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Public Transport Nearby
From 7, Melville Drive, Castleford, the nearest station is Glasshoughton, 1.3 kilometres away.
- 1.3kmGlasshoughton
- 1.5kmCastleford
- 3.4kmPontefract Tanshelf
Available Internet Speeds
Broadband here reaches superfast speeds, based on recent Ofcom data.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Superfast broadband is available in the area.
Risk of Flooding
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
