The Old Tailors Cottage, Church Street, Whixley, York, YO26 8AR

The Old Tailors Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Whixley, York, York (YO26 8AR). It has a recorded floor area of 167 m² (around 1794 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2010) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). The latest certificate is from April 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2007 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 167 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2000–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £598,000 is 41.2% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£236/sq ft) was about 18.7% below the postcode norm.