4 Carters Lane, Middleton, Ilkley, LS29 0DQ

4 Carters Lane is a semi-detached house in Middleton, Ilkley, Ilkley (LS29 0DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1690 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2022) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since July 2012. Between certificates, main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since September 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 157 m² it's 18.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (132 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 1995–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £635,000 sits 60.8% above the 2007 sale of £395,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£234/sq ft) was about 30% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.