14 Back Lane, Whixley, York, YO26 8BG

14 Back Lane is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Whixley, York, York (YO26 8BG). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The home occupies a corner plot.

Held since November 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £300,000 sits 185.7% above the 1999 sale of £105,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£128/sq ft) was about 46.4% below the postcode norm. At 76 m² it sits well below the postcode median (156 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.