17 Castle Street, Spofforth, Harrogate, HG3 1AP

17 Castle Street is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Spofforth, Harrogate, Harrogate (HG3 1AP). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump.

At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (120 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £225,000. Across the public record there are 4 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 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £261,000 is 16% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£394/sq ft) was about 73.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.