1a, Belmont Road, Ilkley, LS29 8PE

1a is a three-bedroom detached house in Ilkley (LS29 8PE). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in March 2013 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a conservatory. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 93 m² it sits well below the postcode median (133 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £544,000 is 15.7% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£470/sq ft) was about 89.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £470,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.