31 Gillygate, York, YO31 7EA

31 Gillygate is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in York (YO31 7EA). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (October 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). Main heating runs on electricity. At 57 m² this is the 31st smallest of 43 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 27–189 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 43 units on file.

Sale prices here have outpaced York HPI: 6.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £484,000 is 14.3% below the 2016 sale of £565,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£921/sq ft) was about 230.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 57 m² the property is well over the postcode median (43 m² across 42 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 7 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sold in November 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years.