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3 sales on record
About Dovecote
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Dovecote is a detached house in Hessay, York, York (YO26 8JR). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1367 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced York HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £712,000 is 13.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£457/sq ft) was about 118% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £625,000 in November 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Dovecote's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E48
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
8.1 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1999.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£712,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 23 years.
Last sold (2021)
£625,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Main Street homes
Four headline reads against 25 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Dovecote outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,921
Street avg £2,787
Floor Area
127 m²
Street avg 167 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the York district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Hessay Methodist Chapel — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around YO26 8JR from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.7dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 18 points of interest in total.
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