2 Harlow Crescent, Harrogate, HG2 0AP

2 Harlow Crescent is a four-bedroom detached house in Harrogate (HG2 0AP). It has a recorded floor area of 146 m² (around 1572 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

Held since October 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. At 146 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £612,000 sits 482.9% above the 1997 sale of £105,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£67/sq ft) was about 66.1% below the postcode norm.