Meadowsweet Farm, Spring Lane, Eldwick, Bingley, BD16 3AS

Meadowsweet Farm is a detached house in Eldwick, Bingley, Bingley (BD16 3AS). It has a recorded floor area of 283 m² (around 3045 sq ft) and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2012) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. The latest certificate is from January 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 283 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £792,000 sits 76% above the 2008 sale of £450,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£148/sq ft) was about 33% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.