Wilton Croft, Low Street, Husthwaite, York, YO61 4QA

Wilton Croft is a five-bedroom detached house in Husthwaite, York, York (YO61 4QA). It has a recorded floor area of 285 m² (around 3068 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include notable views, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 285 m² the property is well over the postcode median (142 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 9 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,133,000 is 18.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£311/sq ft) was about 93.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £955,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.