Sycamore Cottage, Vicarage Lane, Dore, Sheffield, S17 3GX

Sycamore Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Dore, Sheffield, Sheffield (S17 3GX). It has a recorded floor area of 179 m² (around 1927 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows a G (score 17), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 179 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2016. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £882,000 is 36.3% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£336/sq ft) was about 20.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in January 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.