2 Claytons Close, Methley, Leeds, LS26 9ES

2 Claytons Close is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Methley, Leeds, Leeds (LS26 9ES). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an F (score 22), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a basement.

At 114 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £187,000 is 19.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£128/sq ft) was about 53% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2021 for £156,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.