Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Estimated value
£291,000
Newest record on this page: March 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.
Our estimate
£291,000
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The estimate for Fairfax Cottage is modelled from its 87 m² EPC floor area, the absence of a recorded sale and recent sales of comparable homes in YO61 4SJ. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
Floor area
87 m² from the EPC lodged in November 2017
Sales of this home
No sale recorded since 1995
Recent sales in YO61 4SJ
5 sales, median £350,000 (2025–2005)
| Data | This page | Full report |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | Latest sale shown: March 2025 | Latest available records, read when you order |
| Valuation | Estimate from the last refresh | Analysed against comparable sales |
| Planning | 1 of 2 applications | Full history, plus nearby schemes |
| Flood risk | Not shown | Included |
Fairfax Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
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 5 sales in YO61 4SJ: £350,000 (2025–2005).
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Sold Sept 2013
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Sold Mar 2000
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Fairfax Cottage is a semi-detached house in Brandsby, York, York (YO61 4SJ). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows a G (score 18), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 106), a 6-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 87 m² it sits well below the postcode median (189 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused.
Fairfax Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 7 November 2027
2 applications on record at Fairfax Cottage, Brandsby, York, YO61 4SJ
Formation of a vehicular access and access road to incorporate the use of existing agricultural land
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EPC Rating for Fairfax Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
18 (G)
Street avg 52 (E)
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 218 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.3 t/year
Street avg 10.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
41/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
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39.3dB
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Because the property was built before 1919, has no mains gas supply, and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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