34 Sim Balk Lane, Bishopthorpe, York, YO23 2QQ

34 Sim Balk Lane is a detached house in Bishopthorpe, York, York (YO23 2QQ). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).

Sale prices here have outpaced York HPI: 19.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £674,000 is 10% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£415/sq ft) was about 99.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 137 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £612,500 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.