Prospect Cottage, Bulmer, York, YO60 7BP
About Prospect Cottage
Prospect Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Bulmer, York, York (YO60 7BP). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at Prospect Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Nov 2022Tree WorksTreesIn report
Remove leylandii hedge in rear garden
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/01065/CAT
- Aug 2021Tree WorksTreesIn report
Remove one leyland cypress tree.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/00096/CAT
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Prospect Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£246,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
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 3 sales in YO60 7BP: £500,000 (2024–2006).
Nearby sales in YO60 7BP
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus the street
EPC Rating for Prospect Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
29 (F)
Street avg 47 (E)
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 79 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
0.0 km
Post Office Row — bus stop.
Closest school
2.1 km
Welburn Community Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB