4 Cromwell Road, York, YO1 6DU

4 Cromwell Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in York (YO1 6DU). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump.

It hasn't traded since October 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 66 m² it's 15.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (57 m² median across 21 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £296,000 is 48% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£282/sq ft) was about 56.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.