Firs Lodge, Green Lane, Boston Spa, Wetherby, LS23 6AZ

Firs Lodge is a detached house in Boston Spa, Wetherby, Wetherby (LS23 6AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 255 m² (around 2745 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump.

At 255 m² the property is well over the postcode median (147 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2009–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,588,000 is 22.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£474/sq ft) was about 56% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused. Sold September 2021 for £1,300,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.