Scarr Cottage, Briggate, Nesfield, Ilkley, LS29 0BS

Scarr Cottage is a detached house in Nesfield, Ilkley, Ilkley (LS29 0BS). It has a recorded floor area of 159 m² (around 1711 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2018) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in January 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 101), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 159 m² it's 16.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (136 m² median across 7 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £916,000 is 46.6% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£365/sq ft) was about 55% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in September 2014, so it's been off the market for around 12 years.