The Beacon, Burn Bridge Road, Burn Bridge, Harrogate, HG3 1NS

The Beacon is a detached house in Burn Bridge, Harrogate, Harrogate (HG3 1NS). It has a recorded floor area of 195 m² (around 2099 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since January 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. Across 1998–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £932,000 sits 50.3% above the 2006 sale of £620,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£295/sq ft) was about 57.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 195 m² it sits well below the postcode median (286 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.