232b, Otley Road, Leeds, LS16 5AB

232b is a two-bedroom detached house in Leeds (LS16 5AB). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. At 76 m² this is the 19th smallest of 31 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 27–229 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor.

At 76 m² it's 26.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (60 m² median across 30 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £208,000 is 18.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£214/sq ft) was about 34.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £175,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.