42 The Oval, Harrogate, HG2 9BA

42 The Oval is a detached house in Harrogate (HG2 9BA). It has a recorded floor area of 198 m² (around 2131 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since November 2014. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).

Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,029,000 is 27.5% below the 2022 sale of £1,420,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£666/sq ft) was about 177.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 9 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 198 m² it's 27.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (155 m² median across 26 EPCs). Last sale on file: £1,420,000 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.