Strawberry Cottage, Minskip, York, YO51 9JF
About Strawberry Cottage
Strawberry Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Minskip, York, York (YO51 9JF). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 4-band jump.
A recent sale: £355,000 in January 2025. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 117 m² it's 23% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (152 m² median across 5 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£282/sq ft) was about 67.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
Strawberry Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Feb 2005ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension and extension into attached barn to form additional living accommodation.
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 04/05902/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Strawberry Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2001.
£371,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 23 years.
£355,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
23 January 2025Most recent
£355,000
+13.4%over 16 years16 June 2008
£313,000
+281.7%over 6 years30 August 2001
£82,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO51 9JF: £260,000 (2025–2016).
Nearby sales in YO51 9JF
Holme Cottage, Minskip, York, YO51 9JF
Sold Sept 2025
£260,000Brooklyn Cottage, Minskip, York, YO51 9JF
Sold May 2022
£218,000Spen House, Minskip, York, YO51 9JF
Sold Dec 2021
£649,950Peach Tree Farm, Minskip, York, YO51 9JF
Sold Mar 2014
£253,000The Old Chapel, Minskip, York, YO51 9JF
Sold Sept 2013
£195,000
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus the street
On years held, Strawberry Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,034
Street avg £2,185
Floor Area
117 m²
Street avg 139 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.8 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The White Swan — bus stop.
Closest school
1.5 km
Boroughbridge High School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.0dB