196 Mount Vale, York, YO24 1DL

196 Mount Vale is a semi-detached house in York (YO24 1DL). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since April 2012. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.

Held since February 1998 — that's 28 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. Today's modelled estimate of £582,000 sits 223.3% above the 1998 sale of £180,000. At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (160 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.