Moorlyn Cottage, Tadcaster Road, York, YO24 1ET

Moorlyn Cottage is a semi-detached house in York (YO24 1ET). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (December 2017) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.

At 112 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold November 2022 for £550,000. Across the public record there are 4 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 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£456/sq ft) was about 20% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused.