Fir Tree Farm, High Street, Whixley, York, YO26 8AW

Fir Tree Farm is a five-bedroom detached house in Whixley, York, York (YO26 8AW). It has a recorded floor area of 218 m² (around 2347 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on lpg. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Sale prices here have outpaced York HPI: 4.3% per year against 0.1% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£321/sq ft) was about 23.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 218 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It changed hands recently, sold October 2025 for £752,500. 10 planning records sit against the property, 9 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.