42 Scarcroft Hill, York, YO24 1DE

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.

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. Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£404/sq ft) was about 73.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2022 for £830,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.