1 Stray Garth, 15 Otley Road, Harrogate, HG2 0DJ

1 Stray Garth is a detached house in Harrogate (HG2 0DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 649 sq ft) and council tax band F. At 60 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (60–197 m²). The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (91 versus a worst of 69). The latest certificate (February 2011) returns a high B (score 91), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The latest certificate is from February 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 1999 — that's 27 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 60 m² it sits well below the postcode median (113 m² across 49 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £390,000 sits 136.4% above the 1999 sale of £164,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£254/sq ft) was about 56.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.