52 Scarcroft Hill, York, YO24 1DE
About 52 Scarcroft Hill
52 Scarcroft Hill is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in York (YO24 1DE). It has a recorded floor area of 184 m² (around 1981 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 3-band jump. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 184 m² it's 28.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (143 m² median across 21 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£464/sq ft) was about 96% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £918,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenWest-facing
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
52 Scarcroft Hill sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
52 Scarcroft Hill has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
4 applications on record at 52 Scarcroft Hill, York, YO24 1DE
- Sept 2016Change of UseFullOutcome in report
Change of use from guest house (use class C1) to residential dwelling (use class C3)
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 16/01861/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksApr 2024Decision
- Tree WorksAug 2018Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 52 Scarcroft Hill was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£928,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.0% per year over 25 years.
£918,500
Growth on file: 9.0% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
8 December 2022Most recent
£918,500
+104.1%over 16 years6 April 2006
£450,000
+328.6%over 8 years24 November 1997
£105,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO24 1DE: £599,950 (2023–2020).
Versus other Scarcroft Hill homes
CO₂ Emissions for 52 Scarcroft Hill lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,992
Street avg £3,282
Floor Area
184 m²
Street avg 152 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 7.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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.
Closest school
0.1 km
All Saints Catholic School York. 30 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.0dB







