Holly Cottage, High Street, Markington, Harrogate, HG3 3NR

Holly Cottage is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Markington, Harrogate, Harrogate (HG3 3NR). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2015. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 59 m² it sits well below the postcode median (106 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£346/sq ft) was about 52.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £220,000 in September 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.