2 Old Builders Yard Cottages, Chestnut Road, Cawood, Selby, YO8 3TB
About 2 Old Builders Yard Cottages
2 Old Builders Yard Cottages is a semi-detached house in Cawood, Selby, Selby (YO8 3TB). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). Main heating runs on oil.
At 111 m² the property is well over the postcode median (79 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2008–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £303,000 is 24.9% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£203/sq ft) was about 34% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension refused in 2021. Last sale on file: £242,500 in December 2020.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
2 Old Builders Yard Cottages ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A a single-storey extension application was refused at 2 Old Builders Yard Cottages in 2021.
- Nov 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Proposed first floor over existing single storey kitchen
- Agent
- Chris Finn Architect
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 2021/0455/HPA
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- Larger development activity nearby
- A planning decision worth checking
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Sales history & valuation
2 Old Builders Yard Cottages's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£303,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.9% per year over 13 years.
£242,500
Growth on file: 0.9% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
7 December 2020Most recent
£242,500
+11.8%over 12 years3 June 2008
£217,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO8 3TB: £215,000 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in YO8 3TB
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£172,00028b, Chestnut Road, Cawood, Selby, YO8 3TB
Sold Aug 2022
£215,00010 Chestnut Road, Cawood, Selby, YO8 3TB
Sold Jul 2022
£355,00071 Chestnut Road, Cawood, Selby, YO8 3TB
Sold Oct 2019
£212,000
Everything we know about 2 Old Builders Yard Cottages, in one report
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
- A planning decision worth checking
Versus other Chestnut Road homes
EPC Rating for 2 Old Builders Yard Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,185
Street avg £2,035
Floor Area
111 m²
Street avg 91 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Castle — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Cawood Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB