Falconer Cottage, Falconer Lane, Sheffield, S13 9ZL

Falconer Cottage is a mid-terrace house in Sheffield (S13 9ZL). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 98), a 3-band jump.

Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £288,000 is 42.4% below the 2021 sale of £499,950, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£316/sq ft) was about 188.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £499,950 in August 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.