Flat 1, 19 St Georges Place, York, YO24 1DT

Flat 1 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in York (YO24 1DT). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. At 117 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (55–117 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (39 versus a best of 69). The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since March 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67).

Sale prices here have outpaced York HPI: 7.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£314/sq ft) was about 56% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 117 m² the property is well over the postcode median (41 m² across 27 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. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sale on file: £396,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.