Towering House, Flat 2, Cheltenham Mount, Harrogate, HG1 1DW

Towering House is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Harrogate (HG1 1DW). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 40 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in Towering House, where floor areas span 36–45 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (74 versus a worst of 62). The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a C (score 74). Earlier certificates rated it B (March 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (62 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £108,000 in September 2021. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £120,000 is 11.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£251/sq ft) was about 30.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.