2 The Cottage, Elmwood Street, Harrogate, HG1 5EU
About 2 The Cottage
2 The Cottage is a semi-detached house in Harrogate (HG1 5EU). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Held since September 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £157,000 sits 390.6% above the 1997 sale of £32,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£62/sq ft) was about 65.1% below the postcode norm. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs).
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
2 The Cottage has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
12 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
2 The Cottage's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£157,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£32,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
4 September 1997Most recent
£32,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HG1 5EU: £188,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in HG1 5EU
Versus other Elmwood Street homes
Price per m² for 2 The Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£667
Street avg £2,477
Floor Area
48 m²
Street avg 74 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
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Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Waterloo Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.3dB