1 Garden Cottage, Church Street, Whixley, York, YO26 8AR

1 Garden Cottage is a detached house in Whixley, York, York (YO26 8AR). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on oil.

Untraded for 26 years, with the last transfer in May 2000. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £430,000 sits 258.3% above the 2000 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£77/sq ft) was about 72.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.