Plum Tree Cottage, Church Street, Whixley, York, YO26 8AR

Plum Tree Cottage is a one-bedroom detached house in Whixley, York, York (YO26 8AR). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in September 2020 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 119), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

15 planning records sit against the property, 11 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (145 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,770/sq ft) was about 573.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £800,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.