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Get startedLilac Cottage is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Great Ouseburn, York, York (YO26 9RW). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2011 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced York HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£432/sq ft) was about 81.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It changed hands recently, sold March 2025 for £200,000. At 43 m² it sits well below the postcode median (82 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2000.
£196,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 25 years.
£200,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 25 years.
Price per m² for Lilac Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,651
Street avg £3,046
Floor Area
43 m²
Street avg 99 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
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.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.7dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
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21 March 2025Most recent
£200,000
9 September 2020
£199,995
+54.4%over 12 years15 July 2008
£129,500
+8.8%over 3 years4 February 2005
£119,000
+46.0%over 2 years5 July 2002
£81,500
+56.9%over 2 years13 March 2000
£51,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO26 9RW: £325,000 (2024–2020).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
YO26 9TQ
Closest school
0.4 km
Great Ouseburn Community Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB
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