The Cottage, 3 Otley Road, Harrogate, HG2 0DJ

The Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Harrogate (HG2 0DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 237 m² (around 2551 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in January 2021 the rating was G, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 237 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 48 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and 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 £763,000 is 46.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£204/sq ft) was about 25.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2021 for £520,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.