Elder Cottage, Hillfoot Road, Totley, Sheffield, S17 4AP
About Elder Cottage
Elder Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Totley, Sheffield, Sheffield (S17 4AP). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89).
Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in February 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (139 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £287,000 sits 461.1% above the 1997 sale of £51,150. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£68/sq ft) was about 70.2% below the postcode norm.
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Energy performance
Elder Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
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Planning history
Elder Cottage has no planning applications on record.
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Elder Cottage was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£287,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£51,150
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
25 February 1997Most recent
£51,150
Median price across the last 5 sales in S17 4AP: £761,700 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in S17 4AP
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£840,000Ashcroft, Hillfoot Road, Totley, Sheffield, S17 4AP
Sold Jun 2023
£832,000Moor Cottage, Hillfoot Road, Totley, Sheffield, S17 4AP
Sold Sept 2021
£255,000West View, Hillfoot Road, Totley, Sheffield, S17 4AP
Sold Jun 2020
£340,000
Versus other Hillfoot Road homes
Elder Cottage is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£731
Street avg £2,730
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 140 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.0 t/year
Street avg 8.2 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
0.1 km
Baslow Road/Hillfoot Court — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Totley All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB