Castlestead, Flat 3, Pateley Bridge, Harrogate, HG3 5QF

Castlestead is a four-bedroom detached house in Pateley Bridge, Harrogate, Harrogate (HG3 5QF). It has a recorded floor area of 181 m² (around 1948 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. At 181 m² this is the 4th smallest of 5 units on EPC record in Castlestead, where floor areas span 86–188 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 5 units on file. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since November 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 181 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2011. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1998–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 17.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£189/sq ft) was about 83.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.