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Get started71 Bad Bargain Lane is a semi-detached house in York (YO31 0LP). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in July 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).
Sale prices here have outpaced York HPI: 0.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £375,000 sits 120.6% above the 2024 sale of £170,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£127/sq ft) was about 19.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 124 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £170,000 in October 2024.
Certificate of lawfulness for use as a House in Multiple Occupation for up to 6no. occupants (use class C4)
71 Bad Bargain Lane's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£375,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.9% per year over 19 years.
£170,000
Growth on file: 0.9% per year over 19 years.
71 Bad Bargain Lane is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£1,371
Street avg £2,179
Floor Area
124 m²
Street avg 99 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Applefields School — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.5dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Cavity wall insulation installed
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey pitched roof rear extension and extensions to roof including rear dormer
21 October 2024Most recent
£170,000
-48.5%over 5 years5 June 2019
£330,000
+127.6%over 13 years22 March 2006
£145,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO31 0LP: £175,000 (2025–2009).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
YO31 0LJ
Closest school
0.4 km
St Aelred's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy. 17 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.1dB
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