8 Aberford Road, Oulton, Leeds, LS26 8JR

8 Aberford Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Oulton, Leeds, Leeds (LS26 8JR). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since June 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 91 m² it sits well below the postcode median (168 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £295,000 sits 220.7% above the 2000 sale of £92,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£94/sq ft) was about 62.7% below the postcode norm. 8 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.