12a, Belmont Road, Ilkley, LS29 8PE

12a is a two-bedroom detached house in Ilkley (LS29 8PE). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 640 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2011) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). The latest certificate is from July 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

It hasn't traded since December 2007, a hold of 18 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 59 m² it sits well below the postcode median (133 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £276,000 sits 100.7% above the 2007 sale of £137,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£215/sq ft) was about 19.6% below the postcode norm.