7 Ash Gardens, Leeds, LS6 3LD

7 Ash Gardens is a five-bedroom detached house in Leeds (LS6 3LD). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

Held since August 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £422,000 sits 330.6% above the 1999 sale of £98,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£66/sq ft) was about 54.6% below the postcode norm. At 137 m² it's 18.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (116 m² median across 13 EPCs).