Lilac Cottage, Barrowby Lane, Kirkby Overblow, Harrogate, HG3 1HQ

Lilac Cottage is a semi-detached house in Kirkby Overblow, Harrogate, Harrogate (HG3 1HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2011) shows a G (score 20), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 56), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from September 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (135 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2002–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at -12.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £318,000 sits 2020% above the 2018 sale of £15,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£20/sq ft) was about 93.5% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 8 years since the last transfer (July 2018).