Flat 2, 107 Cold Bath Road, Harrogate, HG2 0NU

Flat 2 is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Harrogate (HG2 0NU). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a balcony.

Held since December 1999 — 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. Today's modelled estimate of £290,000 sits 72.6% above the 1999 sale of £168,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£181/sq ft) was about 19.4% below the postcode norm. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs).