78 St Michaels Road, Leeds, LS6 3BG

78 St Michaels Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Leeds (LS6 3BG). It has a recorded floor area of 283 m² (around 3046 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. Tenure is freehold. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2013 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68).

At 283 m² the property is well over the postcode median (123 m² across 48 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 90% of similar EPCs). 6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£176/sq ft) was about 62% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £535,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.