Garden Cottage, Kendal Lane, Tockwith, York, YO26 7QN

Garden Cottage is a detached house in Tockwith, York, York (YO26 7QN). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since March 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £470,000 sits 89.3% above the 2000 sale of £248,250. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£251/sq ft) was about 84.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 92 m² it sits well below the postcode median (156 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.