5 Victor Street, York, YO1 6HQ

5 Victor Street is an end-of-terrace house in York (YO1 6HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on electricity. At 56 m² this is the 27th smallest of 46 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 31–124 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 46 units on file.

Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in June 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £232,000 sits 236.2% above the 1996 sale of £69,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£114/sq ft) was about 34.9% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 56 m² it's 19.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (47 m² median across 45 EPCs).