Candle House, Flat 97, 1 Wharf Approach, Leeds, LS1 4GJ

Candle House is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Leeds (LS1 4GJ). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band C. At 50 m² this is the 15th smallest of 80 units on EPC record in Candle House, where floor areas span 35–122 m². The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (November 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good.

At 50 m² it's 27.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (69 m² median across 79 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). Across 2012–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£334/sq ft) was about 26.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £180,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.