Pear Tree Cottage, Otley Road, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate, HG3 1PT

Pear Tree Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Beckwithshaw, Harrogate, Harrogate (HG3 1PT). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2013. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 99 m² it sits well below the postcode median (146 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £514,000 is 42.8% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£338/sq ft) was about 57.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in August 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.