159 Askham Lane, York, YO24 3HH

159 Askham Lane is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in York (YO24 3HH). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2023) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in October 2012 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

It hasn't traded since October 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 102 m² it's 24.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (135 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £342,000 sits 470% above the 1999 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£55/sq ft) was about 67.2% below the postcode norm.