Applegarth Cottage, Flat 2, Church Street, Woodlesford, Leeds, LS26 8RE

Applegarth Cottage is a semi-detached house in Woodlesford, Leeds, Leeds (LS26 8RE). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. At 52 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in Applegarth Cottage, where floor areas span 39–163 m². On EPC score it ranks last in the building (61 versus a best of 66). The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (June 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since March 1995 — that's 31 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. Today's modelled estimate of £125,000 sits 354.5% above the 1995 sale of £27,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£49/sq ft) was about 64.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. At 52 m² it's 26.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (71 m² median across 25 EPCs).