3 Railway Cottages, Barlow, Selby, YO8 8EZ
About 3 Railway Cottages
3 Railway Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Barlow, Selby, Selby (YO8 8EZ). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 822 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2009) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 76 m² it's 17.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (65 m² median across 3 EPCs). Across 2002–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £221,000 is 27.2% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£212/sq ft) was about 22.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 10 years since the last transfer (August 2016). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2003.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
Energy performance
3 Railway Cottages's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Feb 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jul 2003FullIn report
Erection of a garage and stable block on land adjacent to
- Reference
- CO/2003/0652
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
£221,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.1% per year over 14 years.
£173,750
Growth on file: 4.1% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
21 August 2016Most recent
£173,750
+73.8%over 13 years29 November 2002
£99,950
Median price across the last 3 sales in YO8 8EZ: £115,000 (2018–2004).
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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 other Railway Cottages homes
3 Railway Cottages outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
49 (E)
Street avg 40 (E)
Floor Area
76 m²
Street avg 64 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 8.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Station Cottages — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Barlow Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.9dB