53 Richmond Mount, Leeds, LS6 1DF

53 Richmond Mount is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Leeds (LS6 1DF). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since April 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump.

Held since May 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 113 m² it's 18.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (138 m² median across 30 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2002–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 19.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £384,000 sits 60% above the 2005 sale of £240,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£197/sq ft) was about 30% above the typical sold price in the postcode.