54 Curly Hill, Ilkley, LS29 0BA

54 Curly Hill is a five-bedroom detached house in Ilkley (LS29 0BA). It has a recorded floor area of 296 m² (around 3186 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band H. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include notable views. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2013. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

At 296 m² the property is well over the postcode median (214 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 7 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension, an annexe and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£706/sq ft) was about 155.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £2,250,087. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.