5 Leach Road, Riddlesden, Keighley, BD20 5DA

5 Leach Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Riddlesden, Keighley, Keighley (BD20 5DA). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a balcony and a basement.

At 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £367,000 is 29.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£191/sq ft) was about 16.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2021 for £283,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.