Windsor Lodge, Apartment 6, 10 Ripon Road, Harrogate, HG1 2JB

Windsor Lodge is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Harrogate (HG1 2JB). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. At 126 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across Windsor Lodge (80–126 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (34 versus a best of 72). The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (September 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 126 m² it's 29.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (97 m² median across 25 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: subdivision approved in 2010. Past consents include subdivision and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2011–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£335/sq ft) was about 29.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £455,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.