diff --git a/backend/documents_parser/elmhurst_extractor.py b/backend/documents_parser/elmhurst_extractor.py
index 01b50deb..e2a5f1e7 100644
--- a/backend/documents_parser/elmhurst_extractor.py
+++ b/backend/documents_parser/elmhurst_extractor.py
@@ -1727,6 +1727,25 @@ class ElmhurstSiteNotesExtractor:
             ))
         return arrays
 
+    def _extract_main_age_band(self) -> str:
+        """Read the Main Property age band from the §3.0 Date Built block.
+
+        "Main Property" also heads the §4 Dimensions table, so a global
+        `_str_val("Main Property")` collides with it: when the layout
+        glues "3.0 Date Built:" onto the "Main Property" row token (the
+        recommendation worksheets do), the first standalone "Main
+        Property" match is the dimensions header — yielding its next
+        token ("Floor") instead of the age band. Scope the read to the
+        Date-Built block and take the first age row — a line beginning
+        with a single A-M band letter + space (e.g. "C 1930-1949",
+        "A before 1900", "J 2003-2006"). Building-part name rows
+        ("Main Property", "1st Extension", "Main Prop. Room(s) in
+        Roof") never start that way, and the Main row precedes any
+        extension / room-in-roof rows."""
+        block = self._between("3.0 Date Built", "4.0 Dimensions")
+        m = re.search(r"^([A-M] .+)$", block, re.MULTILINE)
+        return " ".join(m.group(1).split()) if m else ""
+
     def extract(self) -> ElmhurstSiteNotes:
         emissions_raw = self._next_val("Emissions (t/year)")
         co2 = float(emissions_raw.split()[0]) if emissions_raw else 0.0
@@ -1744,7 +1763,7 @@ class ElmhurstSiteNotesExtractor:
             number_of_storeys=self._int_val("Storeys"),
             habitable_rooms=self._int_val("Habitable Rooms"),
             heated_habitable_rooms=self._int_val("Heated Habitable Rooms"),
-            construction_age_band=self._str_val("Main Property"),
+            construction_age_band=self._extract_main_age_band(),
             dimensions=self._extract_dimensions(),
             has_conservatory=self._bool_val("Is there a conservatory?"),
             walls=self._extract_walls(),
diff --git a/backend/documents_parser/tests/fixtures/Summary_001431_topfloor_flat.pdf b/backend/documents_parser/tests/fixtures/Summary_001431_topfloor_flat.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e61f3466
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diff --git a/backend/documents_parser/tests/test_summary_pdf_mapper_chain.py b/backend/documents_parser/tests/test_summary_pdf_mapper_chain.py
index 83d1e094..406729ad 100644
--- a/backend/documents_parser/tests/test_summary_pdf_mapper_chain.py
+++ b/backend/documents_parser/tests/test_summary_pdf_mapper_chain.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ _SUMMARY_000910_PDF = _FIXTURES / "Summary_000910.pdf"  # cert 0036 (Flat, party
 _SUMMARY_000890_PDF = _FIXTURES / "Summary_000890.pdf"  # cert 7800 (two electric showers)
 _SUMMARY_000565_PDF = _FIXTURES / "Summary_000565.pdf"  # cert 000565 (5-bp Elmhurst-only)
 _SUMMARY_001431_CASE20_PDF = _FIXTURES / "Summary_001431_case20.pdf"  # sim case 20 (storage heaters + RR type-2 + wrapped "Double between 2002 and 2021" glazing)
+_SUMMARY_001431_TOPFLOOR_PDF = _FIXTURES / "Summary_001431_topfloor_flat.pdf"  # gas-boiler-upgrade recommendation "after" — top-floor flat, PS sloping roof; exercises the Date-Built age-band + flat-position layout regressions
 
 # GOV.UK EPB API JSON for cert 001479 — the API-path counterpart of the
 # Summary_001479.pdf fixture. Together they drive the API ≡ Summary
@@ -162,6 +163,23 @@ def test_summary_001431_case20_fabric_heat_loss_matches_worksheet_line_33() -> N
     assert abs(ht.fabric_heat_loss_w_per_k - 285.9847) <= 1e-4
 
 
+def test_summary_001431_topfloor_extracts_main_property_age_band() -> None:
+    # Arrange — the gas-boiler-upgrade recommendation "after" Summary
+    # renders "3.0 Date Built:" glued to its "Main Property" row header
+    # on one layout line, so the FIRST standalone "Main Property" token
+    # is the §4 dimensions-table header (followed by "Floor"). The
+    # extractor must read the age band from the Date-Built block, not the
+    # first global "Main Property" match — the worksheet lodges age band
+    # C (1930-1949).
+    pages = _summary_pdf_to_textract_style_pages(_SUMMARY_001431_TOPFLOOR_PDF)
+
+    # Act
+    survey = ElmhurstSiteNotesExtractor(pages).extract()
+
+    # Assert
+    assert survey.construction_age_band == "C 1930-1949"
+
+
 def test_summary_000474_mapper_produces_three_building_parts() -> None:
     # Arrange — cert U985-0001-000474 is a mid-terrace with 3 building
     # parts (Main + 2 extensions) per the hand-built worksheet fixture