Beech Cottage, Boroughbridge Road, Green Hammerton, York, YO26 8AE

Beech Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Green Hammerton, York, York (YO26 8AE). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2017) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 136 m² it's 18.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (168 m² median across 12 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £553,000 is 34.9% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£280/sq ft) was about 27.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in March 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years.