48 The Oval, Harrogate, HG2 9BA

48 The Oval is a four-bedroom detached house in Harrogate (HG2 9BA). It has a recorded floor area of 227 m² (around 2443 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since November 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 227 m² the property is well over the postcode median (155 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension, new windows and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £1,175,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,340,000 is 14% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£481/sq ft) was about 100% above the typical sold price in the postcode.