2 Bishops Court, Bishophill Senior, York, YO1 6EU

2 Bishops Court is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in York (YO1 6EU). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. At 39 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (39–92 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 39 m² it sits well below the postcode median (76 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£441/sq ft) was about 57.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2022 for £185,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.