278a, York Road, Leeds, LS9 9DN

278a is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Leeds (LS9 9DN). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a basement and a loft. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 106 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 43 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £136,000 sits 91.5% above the 2014 sale of £71,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£62/sq ft) was about 20% below the postcode norm. On the market in October 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.