16 St James Square, Boroughbridge, York, YO51 9AR

16 St James Square is a mid-terrace house in Boroughbridge, York, York (YO51 9AR). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced York HPI: 7.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£269/sq ft) was about 95.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 142 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Sold February 2023 for £411,500.