18 Bradford Road, Menston, Ilkley, LS29 6AE
About 18 Bradford Road
18 Bradford Road is a semi-detached house in Menston, Ilkley, Ilkley (LS29 6AE). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 771 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2009) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). The latest certificate is from August 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since December 1996 — that's 30 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 £303,000 sits 352.2% above the 1996 sale of £67,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£87/sq ft) was about 50.9% below the postcode norm. At 72 m² it's 23.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (94 m² median across 15 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
18 Bradford Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Aug 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
18 Bradford Road has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
18 Bradford Road's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1996).
£303,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£67,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
2 December 1996Most recent
£67,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LS29 6AE: £385,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in LS29 6AE
12 Bradford Road, Menston, Ilkley, LS29 6AE
Sold Sept 2025
£385,00028 Bradford Road, Menston, Ilkley, LS29 6AE
Sold Aug 2025
£475,00026 Bradford Road, Menston, Ilkley, LS29 6AE
Sold May 2021
£395,0002 East Lodge, Bradford Road, Menston, Ilkley, LS29 6AE
Sold Jan 2020
£200,00040 Bradford Road, Menston, Ilkley, LS29 6AE
Sold Oct 2018
£340,000
Versus other Bradford Road homes
Floor Area for 18 Bradford Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£936
Street avg £2,274
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 104 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Moorland Crescent — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy. 12 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.5dB








