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Get started2 Sands Cottages is a mid-terrace house in Ganton, Scarborough, Scarborough (YO12 4PB). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2023) shows a G (score 8), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it F (December 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.
At 84 m² it sits well below the postcode median (166 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.
2 Sands Cottages sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
2 Sands Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£162,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
EPC Rating for 2 Sands Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
8 (G)
Street avg 41 (E)
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 175 m²
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.4dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
Heating system changed
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Hot water system changed
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
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Median price across the last 3 sales in YO12 4PB: £450,000 (2024–1997).
Street avg 13.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
YO12 4SG
Greyhound Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
2.8 km
Sherburn Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB