17 Birch Drive, Kippax, Leeds, LS25 7DX
About 17 Birch Drive
17 Birch Drive is a semi-detached house in Kippax, Leeds, Leeds (LS25 7DX). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2013) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since December 2003, a hold of 22 years that's notably long for the area. At 84 m² it's 20.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1998–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £194,000 sits 158.7% above the 2003 sale of £74,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£83/sq ft) was about 33.7% below the postcode norm.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
17 Birch Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Mar 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
17 Birch Drive has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
17 Birch Drive's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£194,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.3% per year over 6 years.
£74,995
Growth on file: 9.3% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
5 December 2003Most recent
£74,995
+68.5%over 5 years16 January 1998
£44,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in LS25 7DX: £118,000 (2015–2004).
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Versus other Birch Drive homes
On epc rating, 17 Birch Drive runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
47 (E)
Street avg 68 (D)
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 71 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 3.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
0.1 km
Valley Road Valley Mount — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Kippax North Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB