29 Sowerby Road, York, YO26 4RN

29 Sowerby Road is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in York (YO26 4RN). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. At 44 m² this is the 5th smallest of 36 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–97 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (52 versus a best of 85). The latest certificate (June 2024) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 44 m² it sits well below the postcode median (72 m² across 35 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. It changed hands recently, sold February 2025 for £95,000. Today's modelled estimate of £139,000 is 46.3% above the 2025 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£201/sq ft) was about 56.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.