Yews Cottage, South Back Lane, Terrington, York, YO60 6PY

Yews Cottage is a detached house in Terrington, York, York (YO60 6PY). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1690 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 157 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2004–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £498,000 is 36.4% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£216/sq ft) was about 114.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in July 2015.