3 Hills Cottages, Main Street, Great Ouseburn, York, YO26 9RF
About 3 Hills Cottages
3 Hills Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Great Ouseburn, York, York (YO26 9RF). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since March 2000 — that's 26 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 119 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £338,000 sits 445.2% above the 2000 sale of £62,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£48/sq ft) was about 81.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
3 Hills Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Oct 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
3 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 3 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
Latest sale on 3 Hills Cottages was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£338,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£62,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
13 March 2000Most recent
£62,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO26 9RF: £532,000 (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
£312,0001 Hills Cottages, Main Street, Great Ouseburn, York, YO26 9RF
Sold Mar 2021
£495,000Springfield Farmhouse, Main Street, Great Ouseburn, York, YO26 9RF
Sold Dec 2020
£532,000
Versus other Main Street homes
Price per m² for 3 Hills Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£521
Street avg £4,592
Floor Area
119 m²
Street avg 81 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.0 t/year
Street avg 6.8 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







