8 Firs Drive, Harrogate, HG2 9HB

8 Firs Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Harrogate (HG2 9HB). It has a recorded floor area of 318 m² (around 3423 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73).

At 318 m² the property is well over the postcode median (187 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,283,000 is 26.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£297/sq ft) was about 17% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £1,015,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.