39a, Harlow Oval, Harrogate, HG2 0DR

39a is a detached house in Harrogate (HG2 0DR). It has a recorded floor area of 498 m² (around 5360 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in July 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

Held since February 2000 — that's 26 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 498 m² the property is well over the postcode median (135 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £1,261,000 sits 460.4% above the 2000 sale of £225,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£42/sq ft) was about 83% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.