Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Beechwood Cottage is a detached house in York (YO32 9TH). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2015 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 111), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Certificate validity
Valid until 28 January 2032
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
Get a survey for this property
Because the property was built before 1919, has no mains gas supply, and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
From £955 · Includes VAT
Beechwood Cottage has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
7 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Beechwood Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£395,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 2 sales in YO32 9TH: £105,500 (2011–1998).
EPC Rating
42 (E)
Street avg 33 (F)
Floor Area
65 m²
Street avg 235 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 22.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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Crime
132/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Hopgrove Farm — bus stop.
Closest school
1.9 km
Huntington Primary Academy. 7 schools nearby.
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