23 Marina Drive, Allenton, Derby, DE24 9DS

23 Marina Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Allenton, Derby, Derby (DE24 9DS). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in July 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

At 104 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 9 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 2011–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £253,000 is 12.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£201/sq ft) was about 43.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold July 2022 for £225,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.