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

44 Sim Balk Lane is a five-bedroom detached house in Bishopthorpe, York, York (YO23 2QQ). It has a recorded floor area of 422 m² (around 4542 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in September 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 422 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,387,000 sits 89.2% above the 2007 sale of £733,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£161/sq ft) was about 35.5% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused.