Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Butts Cottage, Boroughbridge Road, Green Hammerton, York, YO26 8AE
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
2
Bathroom
1
Floor area
75 m²
807 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 43
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About Butts Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Butts Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Green Hammerton, York, York (YO26 8AE). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows an E (score 43), 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 dual fuel.
Held since June 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 75 m² it sits well below the postcode median (168 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1998–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £317,000 is 42.5% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£276/sq ft) was about 24.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Butts Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Current Certificate
May 2025EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E43
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
—
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
6.1 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Valid until 22 May 2035
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Level 3 Building Survey
Victorian-eraSemi-Detached HouseEPC EPre-1919 buildNo mains gasSolid (non-cavity) walls
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Butts Cottage, Boroughbridge Road, Green Hammerton, York, YO26 8AE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Butts Cottage has no planning applications on record.
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But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£317,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.0% per year over 8 years.
Last sold (2006)
£222,500
Growth on file: 9.0% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
8 June 2006Most recent
£222,500
+93.5%over 7 years21 October 1998
£115,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO26 8AE: £180,000 (2025–2018).
Nearby sales in YO26 8AE
Cobblers Cottage, Boroughbridge Road, Green Hammerton, York, YO26 8AE
Sold Jul 2025
£200,000Beck House, Boroughbridge Road, Green Hammerton, York, YO26 8AE
Sold Jun 2019
£770,000Beech Cottage, Boroughbridge Road, Green Hammerton, York, YO26 8AE
Sold Mar 2018
£410,000Caskill House, Boroughbridge Road, Green Hammerton, York, YO26 8AE
Sold Aug 2017
£975,000The Old Manse, Boroughbridge Road, Green Hammerton, York, YO26 8AE
Sold Jan 2015
£214,000
Versus other Boroughbridge Road homes
Four headline reads against 11 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Floor Area for Butts Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,967
Street avg £2,769
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 210 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 7.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the York district page.
Crime
159/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Rosedale Cottage — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Green Hammerton Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around YO26 8AE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.5dB
55 dB
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65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4Common questions
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