23 Bedford Chambers, 18 Bedford Street, Leeds, LS1 5PZ

23 Bedford Chambers is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Leeds (LS1 5PZ). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. At 50 m² this is the 4th smallest of 24 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 19–101 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows a G (score 19), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2008); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 53), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since October 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 50 m² it's 15.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (59 m² median across 31 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£390/sq ft) was about 45% above the typical sold price in the postcode.