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About 42 Scarcroft Hill
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
42 Scarcroft Hill is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in York (YO24 1DE). It has a recorded floor area of 191 m² (around 2056 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (October 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 61), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced York HPI: 5.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£404/sq ft) was about 73.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 191 m² the property is well over the postcode median (143 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold August 2022 for £830,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
42 Scarcroft Hill sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Sept 2024
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F27
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
12.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 42 Scarcroft Hill, York, YO24 1DE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
42 Scarcroft Hill has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Aug 2015FullApprove
Variation of condition 2 of permitted application 15/00082/FUL to reduce size of extension
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£854,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.7% per year over 8 years.
Last sold (2022)
£830,000
Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Scarcroft Hill homes
Four headline reads against 21 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On epc rating, 42 Scarcroft Hill runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,346
Street avg £3,316
Floor Area
191 m²
Street avg 151 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Scarcroft Primary School — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around YO24 1DE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.0dB
Everything within walking distance
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