18 Birch Close, Thorpe Willoughby, Selby, YO8 9FB

18 Birch Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Thorpe Willoughby, Selby, Selby (YO8 9FB). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.

Held since December 1999 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £165,000 sits 275% above the 1999 sale of £44,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£82/sq ft) was about 53.5% below the postcode norm. At 50 m² it's 15.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (59 m² median across 12 EPCs).