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Get started7 Sim Balk Lane is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bishopthorpe, York, York (YO23 2QH). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 106 m² it sits well below the postcode median (168 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension and solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £599,000 is 28.8% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£408/sq ft) was about 69.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2020 at £465,000.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Planning records include a solar-panel installation at 7 Sim Balk Lane.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£599,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£465,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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On floor area, 7 Sim Balk Lane runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,387
Street avg £3,222
Floor Area
106 m²
Street avg 194 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Sim Balk Lane — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.4dB

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Two storey side and rear extension, single storey rear extensions, single storey front extension, dormer to rear, 2no. rooflights to front roofslope and solar panels to south side
27 January 2020Most recent
£465,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO23 2QH: £685,000 (2025–2020).
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Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 8.1 t/year
YO23 2SF
Closest school
0.1 km
Bishopthorpe Infant School. 10 schools nearby.
Flood risk
Low
From the Environment Agency.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.5dB