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Get startedThe Gorse is a semi-detached house in Ganton, Scarborough, Scarborough (YO12 4PB). It has a recorded floor area of 212 m² (around 2282 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 212 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
The Gorse's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Council records include a two-storey rear extension at The Gorse.
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Erection of two-storey extension to rear
The Gorse has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£406,000
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.
On habitable rooms, The Gorse stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
39 (E)
Street avg 36 (F)
Floor Area
212 m²
Street avg 153 m²
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 12.2 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

Median price across the last 3 sales in YO12 4PB: £450,000 (2024–1997).
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
YO12 4LE
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