17 Gainsborough Drive, Leeds, LS16 7PF

17 Gainsborough Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Leeds (LS16 7PF). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in June 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Period features are noted in the property record. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

Sale prices here have outpaced Leeds HPI: 9.3% per year against 0.3% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£377/sq ft) was about 68.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 160 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 81% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer was August 2025 at £650,000 — fresh data. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.