157 Lowther Street, York, YO31 7LZ

157 Lowther Street is a mid-terrace house in York (YO31 7LZ). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

Sale prices here have outpaced York HPI: 11% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£299/sq ft) was about 44.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 105 m² the property is well over the postcode median (47 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £338,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.