Mountain Lodge, Carter Lane, Queensbury, Bradford, BD13 1NJ

Mountain Lodge is a detached house in Queensbury, Bradford, Bradford (BD13 1NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced Bradford HPI: 28% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £378,000 is 21.3% below the 2021 sale of £480,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£490/sq ft) was about 238.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 91 m² it sits well below the postcode median (178 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £480,000 in October 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.