Hilfra, Main Street, Hessay, York, YO26 8JR
About Hilfra
Hilfra is a detached house in Hessay, York, York (YO26 8JR). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1967-1975. The latest certificate (November 2023) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 84 m² it sits well below the postcode median (145 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Hilfra's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Hilfra has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Jul 2025ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey extension extending 8.0 metres beyond the rear wall of the original house, with a height to the eaves of 2.6 metres and a total height of 4.0 metres
- Agent
- JP Architects Ltd
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/01157/LHE
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Sales history & valuation
Hilfra has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£363,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO26 8JR: £300,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in YO26 8JR
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Sold Oct 2025
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£625,0001 Rupert Court, Main Street, Hessay, York, YO26 8JR
Sold Jul 2022
£300,000Dovecote, Main Street, Hessay, York, YO26 8JR
Sold Nov 2021
£625,000Applewood, Main Street, Hessay, York, YO26 8JR
Sold Aug 2021
£840,000
Versus other Main Street homes
On habitable rooms, Hilfra runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
43 (E)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 169 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.1 t/year
Street avg 8.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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.
Closest school
1.8 km
Rufforth Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB







