5 The Crescent Apartments, Crescent Court, Ilkley, LS29 8FA

5 The Crescent Apartments is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Ilkley (LS29 8FA). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. At 52 m² this is the 8th smallest of 13 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–70 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 13 units on file. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 52 m² it's 15.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (45 m² median across 12 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2011–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £199,000 is 10.6% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£322/sq ft) was about 20.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2019 for £180,000.