What kind of home is Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE?

Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE is a 3-bedroom detached house.

What did Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE sell for?

Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE last sold for £290,000 in November 2019, around 7 years ago. Land Registry has 4 sales on record going back to £104,000 in July 1996. Source: HM Land Registry.

Has Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE appreciated in value?

Across 4 sales between July 1996 and November 2019, Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE rose from £104,000 to £290,000, a change of £186,000. That works out to roughly +4.5% per year compounded over 23 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE have?

The current EPC rating for Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE is E with a score of 43 out of 100, lodged in February 2019. The assessor estimates the property could reach a C. Source: EPC Register.

How big is Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE?

Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (893 sq ft), around 28 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 12% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in LS25 5HE. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE use?

The latest EPC at Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What is the council tax band for Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE?

Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE is in council tax band E.

Which area is Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE in?

Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE sits in Hillam, Leeds, Leeds. It falls within the LS25 postcode district in North Yorkshire.

How safe is the area around Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE?

Police records around Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE show an average of 6 reported crimes per month over the last 6 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 49% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

What schools are near Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE?

The closest primary school to Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE is Monk Fryston Church of England Primary School (720m), one of 3 primaries within walking distance.

How well connected is Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE?

The closest bus stop to Elmet Cottage, The Square, LS25 5HE is Cross Keys, 31m away. In total there are 24 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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Elmet Cottage, The Square, Hillam, Leeds, LS25 5HE

4 sales on record

Property type

Detached

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

83 m²

893 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 43

Council tax

Band E

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About Elmet Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Elmet Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Hillam, Leeds, Leeds (LS25 5HE). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory and attached land beyond the plot.

Sold November 2019 for £290,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 83 m² it's 25.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (112 m² median across 10 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £421,000 is 45.2% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£325/sq ft) was about 147.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.

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Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms3
Bathrooms2
Dining roomYes
ConservatoryYes

Outside

Private gardenYes
GarageDouble, Detached
LandYes

Building

RefurbishedYes

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Elmet Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

E43

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

6.9 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Elmet Cottage, The Square, Hillam, Leeds, LS25 5HE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Elmet Cottage has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

3applications of note in the surrounding area

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Sale price has at least doubled since 1996.

Current estimate

£421,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 23 years.

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Last sold (2019)

£290,000

Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 23 years.

Sales timeline

29 November 2019Most recent
£290,000
+0.5%over 12 years
2 September 2007
£288,500
+132.7%over 7 years
18 May 2000
£124,000
+19.2%over 3 years
31 July 1996
£104,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in LS25 5HE: £163,000 (2021–2015).

Nearby sales in LS25 5HE

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On the street

Versus other The Square homes

Four headline reads against 10 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On price per m², Elmet Cottage stands well clear of the street.

Price per m²

£3,494

Street avg £1,933

Strongly above

Floor Area

83 m²

Street avg 102 m²

On par

Habitable Rooms

3 rooms

Street avg 4 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

6.9 t/year

Street avg 6.1 t/year

Below

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Area

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Full Leeds report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

6/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.0 km

Cross Keys — bus stop.

Closest school

0.7 km

Monk Fryston Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around LS25 5HE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

43.7dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for LS25 5HE

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

36.7dB

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