Park House, Apartment 1a, Park Chase, Harrogate, HG1 5AL

Park House is a two-bedroom detached house in Harrogate (HG1 5AL). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1784 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2011) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 63), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 166 m² it's 30% larger than the typical home in the postcode (128 m² median across 18 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £495,000 is 35.6% above the 2009 sale price.