3 Council Houses, Main Road, Burn, Selby, YO8 8LL
About 3 Council Houses
3 Council Houses is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Burn, Selby, Selby (YO8 8LL). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since June 2012. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).
At 72 m² it's 27.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (99 m² median across 5 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £226,000 is 13% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£258/sq ft) was about 114.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2022 for £200,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms3
Outside
- Communal gardenYes
- DrivewayYes
Building
- Solar panelsYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Planning history
3 Council Houses 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 in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£226,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.9% per year over 19 years.
£200,000
Growth on file: 2.9% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
3 October 2022Most recent
£200,000
+85.2%over 10 years14 August 2012
£108,000
-8.9%over 8 years23 March 2004
£118,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO8 8LL: £118,000 (2014–1997).
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- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Main Road homes
3 Council Houses outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,778
Street avg £1,060
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 5.1 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
0.0 km
The Wheatsheaf — bus stop.
Closest school
1.9 km
Brayton Church of England Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.2dB