3 Cookridge Drive, Leeds, LS16 7LS

3 Cookridge Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Leeds (LS16 7LS). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (September 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot and a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Untraded for 16 years, with the last transfer in December 2010. At 139 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £488,000 sits 2118.2% above the 2010 sale of £22,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£15/sq ft) was about 94.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2011. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.