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About 1 Hills Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
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.
Sale prices here have outpaced York HPI: 3.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. 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. 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. 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
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
1 Hills Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E40
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
11.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 1 Hills Cottages, Main Street, Great Ouseburn, York, YO26 9RF, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
1 Hills Cottages has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Jun 2010ExtensionFullGranted
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extensions to 2 and 3 Hills Cottages.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£561,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.2% per year over 17 years.
Last sold (2021)
£495,000
Growth on file: 3.2% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Main Street homes
Four headline reads against 5 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
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
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
Green Hill — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around YO26 9RF from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.5dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 13 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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