Ainsty Cottage, Marsh Lane, Bolton Percy, York, YO23 7BA

Ainsty Cottage is a semi-detached house in Bolton Percy, York, York (YO23 7BA). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1059 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2009) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 45). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 98 m² it sits well below the postcode median (189 m² across 10 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. Today's modelled estimate of £329,000 sits 246.3% above the 1999 sale of £95,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£90/sq ft) was about 59% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.