169a, Hyde Park Road, Leeds, LS6 1AH

169a is an eight-bedroom mid-terrace house in Leeds (LS6 1AH). It has a recorded floor area of 213 m² (around 2293 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in March 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 213 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 97 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 8 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 6 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £305,000 sits 258.8% above the 1998 sale of £85,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£37/sq ft) was about 68.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.