8 Amberley Street, York, YO26 4SD
About 8 Amberley Street
8 Amberley Street is a mid-terrace house in York (YO26 4SD). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2021–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 46.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £286,000 is 14.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£298/sq ft) was about 72.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £250,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
8 Amberley Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
8 Amberley Street has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
4applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
8 Amberley Street changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£286,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 46.2% per year over 1 year.
£250,000
Growth on file: 46.2% per year over 1 year.
Sales timeline
11 March 2022Most recent
£250,000
+46.2%over 7 months1 August 2021
£171,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO26 4SD: £221,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in YO26 4SD
Versus other Amberley Street homes
8 Amberley Street is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,205
Street avg £2,185
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 75 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Seldon Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Poppleton Road Primary School. 27 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.4dB







