12 Buckingham Street, York, YO1 6DW

12 Buckingham Street is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in York (YO1 6DW). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1996-2002. Tenure is freehold. At 47 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 28 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–197 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (December 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in August 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since September 2003, a hold of 23 years that's notably long for the area. Today's modelled estimate of £159,000 sits 341.7% above the 2003 sale of £36,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£71/sq ft) was about 69.1% below the postcode norm. At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (70 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 81% of similar EPCs).