The Dovecote, Main Street, Walton, Wetherby, LS23 7DJ

The Dovecote is a semi-detached house in Walton, Wetherby, Wetherby (LS23 7DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 214 m² (around 2303 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since September 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

At 214 m² the property is well over the postcode median (159 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£360/sq ft) was about 64.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £830,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.