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

Spring Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Green Hammerton, York, York (YO26 8AE). It has a recorded floor area of 199 m² (around 2145 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 43). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 199 m² the property is well over the postcode median (151 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £586,000 is 41.2% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£193/sq ft) was about 17% below the postcode norm.