39 Heather Lea Avenue, Sheffield, S17 3DL
About 39 Heather Lea Avenue
39 Heather Lea Avenue is a five-bedroom detached house in Sheffield (S17 3DL). It has a recorded floor area of 168 m² (around 1808 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.
At 168 m² it's 21.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (138 m² median across 13 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £929,000 is 19.9% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£429/sq ft) was about 64.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £775,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Central heatingYes
- Previously extendedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
39 Heather Lea Avenue sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
39 Heather Lea Avenue has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 39 Heather Lea Avenue, Sheffield, S17 3DL
- Aug 2024ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a first-floor rear extension, provision of rear roof lights, new entrance door and render to dwellinghouse
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/01518/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£929,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£775,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
25 November 2022Most recent
£775,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in S17 3DL: £801,000 (2022–2016).
Nearby sales in S17 3DL
58 Heather Lea Avenue, Sheffield, S17 3DL
Sold Oct 2022
£965,00053 Heather Lea Avenue, Sheffield, S17 3DL
Sold Nov 2021
£801,00036 Heather Lea Avenue, Sheffield, S17 3DL
Sold Jul 2019
£435,00031 Heather Lea Avenue, Sheffield, S17 3DL
Sold Oct 2016
£425,00043 Heather Lea Avenue, Sheffield, S17 3DL
Sold Sept 2016
£820,000
Versus other Heather Lea Avenue homes
On years held, 39 Heather Lea Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,613
Street avg £3,891
Floor Area
168 m²
Street avg 147 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 6.6 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Causeway Head Road/Causeway Gardens — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Dore Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB







