1 Hills Cottages, Main Street, Great Ouseburn, York, YO26 9RF
About 1 Hills Cottages
1 Hills Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Great Ouseburn, York, York (YO26 9RF). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 148 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £561,000 is 13.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£311/sq ft) was about 41.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £495,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
1 Hills Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Hills Cottages has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Jun 2010ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extensions to 2 and 3 Hills Cottages.
- Documents
- 25 docs on file
- Reference
- 10/01739/FUL
What's in 1 Hills Cottages, Main Street, Great Ouseburn, York, YO26 9RF's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£561,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.2% per year over 17 years.
£495,000
Growth on file: 3.2% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
23 March 2021Most recent
£495,000
+72.2%over 17 years9 February 2004
£287,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO26 9RF: £675,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in YO26 9RF
White Cottage, Main Street, Great Ouseburn, York, YO26 9RF
Sold Oct 2024
£825,000Dent House, Main Street, Great Ouseburn, York, YO26 9RF
Sold Apr 2024
£725,0003 Poplar View Cottages, Main Street, Great Ouseburn, York, YO26 9RF
Sold May 2022
£312,000Springfield Farmhouse, Main Street, Great Ouseburn, York, YO26 9RF
Sold Dec 2020
£532,000Tarndale, Main Street, Great Ouseburn, York, YO26 9RF
Sold Dec 2020
£675,000
Versus other Main Street homes
On floor area, 1 Hills Cottages stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,345
Street avg £3,886
Floor Area
148 m²
Street avg 75 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
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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
Green Hill — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Great Ouseburn Community Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB







