Copied from a @KievLoverTwo post (Thanks - I'll delete if you ask me to).
Check local planning for the home to see what works may been done, etc.
"The local council's planning portal. I searched for 'Harrogate Planning Portal' and got this:
https://uniformonline.harrogate.gov.uk/online-applications/
I put in a recently sold property address, eg this:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/details/england-31390333-20620123?s=6e5a2859d220638c007502abbdafebdeaf155e9e7ee3f9e329f65bd5c2cb6e24#/
Which leads me to all the results for the property
Click on any of the blue links
At the bottom it will say: There is 1 property associated with this application.
Click on that '1 property'
Then click here:
Properties (1)
12 Main Street Pannal Harrogate North Yorkshire HG3 1JZ
Then click the property history tab, which shows:
Planning Applications (10)
Reduction of 1 no. Conifer Tree, pruning of 1 no. Fruit Tree, and dead-wooding of 1 no. Cedar Tree within Pannal Conservation Area.
Ref. No: 02/04248/TCON | Status: Tree Work in Conservation Area Approved
Conversion of 1no. dwelling to form 2no. dwellings (site area 0.06 ha).
Ref. No: 04/02524/FUL | Status: Application Permitted
Listed Building application for the blocking up of 1no internal doorway between No.6 & No.12 to allow conversion from 1no. dwelling to 2no. dwellings, formation of 1no. external doorway on No.6 and alterations to existing garage.
Ref. No: 04/02526/LB | Status: Application Permitted
Constructing a single storey rear extension.
Ref. No: 80/13281/FUL | Status: Application Permitted
Construction of a single storey rear extension.
Ref. No: 80/13287/LLB | Status: Application Permitted
Erection of detached double garage and widening of existing entrance after demolition of buildings. 12 MAIN STREET, PANNAL, HARROGATE.
Ref. No: 93/01590/FUL | Status: Application Permitted
Listed Building application for consent to demolish garage and adjacent barn. 12 MAIN STREET, PANNAL, HARROGATE.
Ref. No: 93/01705/LLB | Status: Application Permitted
Crown cleaning of 1 Cedar, crown reduction of 1 Magnolia and selective pruning of 1 Alder tree within Harrogate Conservation Area
Ref. No: 14/03192/TCON | Status: Tree Work in Conservation Area Approved
Crown clean and crown lift (to 3m) 1 Cedar (T1) within the Harrogate Conservation Area.
Ref. No: 16/01166/TCON | Status: Tree Work in Conservation Area Approved
Lateral reduction to 1 no. Deodar Cedar T1 (lower conopy 20%) and 1 no. Magnolia Gradiflora T2 (20% reduction and reduce away from the properties) within Harrogate Conservation Area
Ref. No: 20/03450/TCON | Status: Tree Work in Conservation Area Approved
Usually, further down that list there is a subsection (the below is for another property)
Building Control Applications (10)
Which contains items such as:
6 Windows
Ref. No: xxxx /FENSA | Status: Building Work Complete
Install one or more new circuits
Ref. No: xxxxxx | Status: Building Work Complete
Install a replacement consumer unit
Ref. No: xxxxx | Status: Building Work Complete
^ that's where you find the 'hidden' work that's been done - at least by people who are registered with recognised safety schemes and submit paperwork to the council, eg FENSA for windows and doors, HETAS for chimneys and woodburning stoves, and whatever the one is that electricians use, etc.
Ofc they could have work done that's not 'officially' recognised. That doesn't mean nothing's been done or what has been done is bad quality. Eg some really small window suppliers may not want to pay for FENSA because the costs aren't worth it for their 2-man-band business. Edited
Simple Search
https://uniformonline.harrogate.gov.uk/online-applications