Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Grasmead House, Flat 4, 1 Scarcroft Hill, York, YO24 1DF
6 sales on record
Estimated value
£284,000
- Since the 2022 sale (£282,500)+1%
- Against YO24 1DF's recent median (£531,200)-47%
Newest record on this page: August 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.
Property type
Detached
Floor 04
Habitable rooms
3
From EPC
Floor area
57 m²
614 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 54
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About this valuation
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Our estimate
£284,000
- Against its 2022 sale (£282,500)+1%
- Against YO24 1DF's recent median (£531,200)-47%
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How the estimate is made
The estimate for Grasmead House is modelled from its 57 m² EPC floor area, its 6 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in YO24 1DF. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
What it's based on
Floor area
57 m² from the EPC lodged in August 2021
Sales of this home
6 sales recorded, the latest in 2022
Recent sales in YO24 1DF
5 sales, median £531,200 (2025–2023)
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| Data | This page | Full report |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | Latest sale shown: August 2025 | Latest available records, read when you order |
| Valuation | Estimate from the last refresh | Analysed against comparable sales |
| Planning | None on this home | Full history, plus nearby schemes |
| Flood risk | Not shown | Included |
Sales history & valuation
Every recorded sale of this home, how its price has moved, and what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Grasmead House changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
Sales timeline
25 February 2022Most recent
£282,500
+11.9%20 October 2021
£252,500
10 February 2020
£252,500
+32.9%over 2 years21 June 2017
£190,000
+11.8%over 2 years10 September 2014
£170,000
+3.7%over 9 years29 March 2005
£164,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO24 1DF: £531,200 (2025–2023).
What this page doesn't show
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- Flood risk from rivers, sea and surface waterIn report
- Subsidence and ground-stability signalsIn report
- Refusals, enforcement and big schemes nearbyIn report
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About Grasmead House
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Grasmead House is a detached house in York (YO24 1DF). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1996-2002. At 57 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Grasmead House (57–74 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 4 units on file. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2011. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (102 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £282,500 in February 2022. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£460/sq ft) was about 73.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Aug 2021
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E54
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
3.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Valid until 11 August 2031
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Aug 2021from Mar 2011
Hot Water
ImmersionImmersion (Off-Peak)
Hot water system upgraded
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Grasmead House, Flat 4, 1 Scarcroft Hill, York, YO24 1DF, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Grasmead House has no planning applications on record.
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But the area is active
5 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Versus other Scarcroft Hill homes
Four headline reads against 9 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Grasmead House outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,956
Street avg £3,949
Floor Area
57 m²
Street avg 62 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 3.1 t/year
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the York district page.
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
210/mo
Falling 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. 29 schools nearby.
Nearest schools
- All Saints Catholic School YorkSecondary132m
- Millthorpe SchoolSecondary260m
- Scarcroft Primary SchoolPrimary335m
- St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary645m
Nearest stops
- Scarcroft Primary SchoolBus stop194m
- The MountBus stop288m
- Mount ValeBus stop372m
- Knavesmire GateBus stop385m
Most reported crime locally
- Violence & Sexual Offences844 reports31%
- Anti-social Behaviour763 reports28%
- Criminal Damage & Arson214 reports8%
- Shoplifting209 reports8%
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around YO24 1DF from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.1dB
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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Where every figure above comes from, how current it is and what it can't tell you.
- How the estimate is made
- The estimate for Grasmead House is modelled from its 57 m² EPC floor area, its 6 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in YO24 1DF. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
- Where sold prices come from
- Sold prices are HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which covers residential sales in England and Wales since 1995. 6 sales are recorded for Grasmead House. Sales normally appear two to three months after completion, so the most recent ones take time to show up anywhere.
- Reading the EPC
- Energy Performance Certificates rate homes from A (most efficient) to G and last 10 years. The latest one for Grasmead House was lodged in August 2021 at band E and is valid until August 2031. 2 certificates are on record, which shows how the home has changed.
- Planning records
- Planning applications are collected from local authority registers through PlanIt. None is matched to Grasmead House. Councils sometimes file applications under a different address format, and applications on neighbouring land aren't listed here; the report covers both.
- Area figures
- Crime is police-recorded street-level data over the last 13 months, which places each incident at an approximate point. The 29 schools and 30 stops listed are measured in a straight line from YO24 1DF, not by walking route. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
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