3a, Harlow Oval, Harrogate, HG2 0DS

3a is a four-bedroom detached house in Harrogate (HG2 0DS). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

At 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (132 m² across 40 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £999,000 is 17.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£462/sq ft) was about 104.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2022 for £850,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.