Springfield Cottage, Station Road, Kirk Hammerton, York, YO26 8DQ

Springfield Cottage is a six-bedroom detached house in Kirk Hammerton, York, York (YO26 8DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 215 m² (around 2314 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since February 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 62), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel. Other recorded features include a conservatory, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot.

Held since September 1995 — that's 31 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. At 215 m² the property is well over the postcode median (161 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 5 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £596,000 sits 1116.3% above the 1995 sale of £49,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£21/sq ft) was about 87.6% below the postcode norm.