8 Hill Top Close, Harrogate, HG1 3BY

8 Hill Top Close is a semi-detached house in Harrogate (HG1 3BY). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a C (score 74). When first surveyed in June 2020 the rating was G, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).

At 117 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 11 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 £333,000 sits 90.3% above the 2021 sale of £175,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£139/sq ft) was about 52.3% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £175,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.