12a, Franklin Square, Harrogate, HG1 5EL

12a is a five-bedroom detached house in Harrogate (HG1 5EL). It has a recorded floor area of 196 m² (around 2110 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2011) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in December 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Good to Very Good. The latest certificate is from April 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 196 m² the property is well over the postcode median (135 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Sold March 2019 for £855,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2000–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£405/sq ft) was about 134.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.