5 Gledhow Lane, Leeds, LS8 1SD

5 Gledhow Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Leeds (LS8 1SD). It has a recorded floor area of 218 m² (around 2349 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2009) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 218 m² it's 17.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (186 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1999–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £850,000 sits 53.2% above the 2005 sale of £555,000. 10 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and a basement excavation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.