Flat 1, 5 Langcliffe Avenue, Harrogate, HG2 8JQ

Flat 1 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Harrogate (HG2 8JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 174 m² (around 1873 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. At 174 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 84–240 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include a basement. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump.

At 174 m² the property is well over the postcode median (117 m² across 45 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£225/sq ft) was about 25.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £421,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.