17 Fulwith Road, Harrogate, HG2 8HL

17 Fulwith Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Harrogate (HG2 8HL). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.

Held since July 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. Today's modelled estimate of £596,000 sits 351.5% above the 1999 sale of £132,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£92/sq ft) was about 66.1% below the postcode norm. At 133 m² it sits well below the postcode median (264 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.