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About 4 Burns Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
4 Burns Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Whixley, York, York (YO26 8AL). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2017) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 51 m² it sits well below the postcode median (124 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £159,000 is 45.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£199/sq ft) was about 16.7% below the postcode norm. Sold June 2022 for £109,250. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
4 Burns Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Sept 2017
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E42
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
7.3 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£159,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2022)
£109,250
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other Rudgate homes
Four headline reads against 13 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
EPC Rating for 4 Burns Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,142
Street avg £2,530
Floor Area
51 m²
Street avg 134 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
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.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Vine Farm Close — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around YO26 8AL from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.4dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 16 points of interest in total.
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