Apartment 3, 1 Ling Court, Menston, Ilkley, LS29 6QJ

Apartment 3 is an end-of-terrace house in Menston, Ilkley, Ilkley (LS29 6QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band B. At 37 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 15 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 31–80 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (62 versus a best of 81). The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (70 m² across 40 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£343/sq ft) was about 51.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold July 2022 for £136,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.