Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
2 Brook Cottages is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Bishop Monkton, Harrogate, Harrogate (HG3 3QU). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
Held since August 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1997–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 10% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £209,000 sits 81.7% above the 2004 sale of £115,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£237/sq ft) was about 17.7% below the postcode norm. At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (102 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 26 Jan 2026
Certificate validity
Expired on 26 January 2026
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2 Brook Cottages has no planning applications on record.
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5 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
2 Brook Cottages's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£209,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.0% per year over 7 years.
£115,000
Growth on file: 10.0% per year over 7 years.
31 August 2004Most recent
£115,000
+91.7%over 6 years29 October 1997
£60,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HG3 3QU: £440,000 (2026–2022).
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2 Brook Cottages is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£2,556
Street avg £3,400
Floor Area
45 m²
Street avg 128 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 t/year
Street avg 8.7 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
81/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
St Johns Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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