2 Hillcrest Gardens, York, YO24 1HB

2 Hillcrest Gardens is a four-bedroom detached house in York (YO24 1HB). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in April 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Sale prices here have outpaced York HPI: 5.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £620,000 is 19.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£345/sq ft) was about 17% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 140 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £520,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.