4 Railway Cottages, Barlow, Selby, YO8 8EZ
About 4 Railway Cottages
4 Railway Cottages is a semi-detached house in Barlow, Selby, Selby (YO8 8EZ). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows a G (score 19), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on smokeless coal.
Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in August 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Today's modelled estimate of £173,000 is 30.1% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£187/sq ft) was about 23.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
4 Railway Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
4 Railway Cottages has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
4applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market — a high-water reference point.
£173,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£133,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
30 August 2007Most recent
£133,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in YO8 8EZ: £107,475 (2018–2002).
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Railway Cottages homes
EPC Rating for 4 Railway Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
19 (G)
Street avg 50 (E)
Floor Area
66 m²
Street avg 68 m²
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 5.1 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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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.9dB