35 Lea Road, Dronfield, S18 1SB
About 35 Lea Road
35 Lea Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Dronfield (S18 1SB). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1501 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2011) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 47). The latest certificate is from February 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 139 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 12 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. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £516,000 sits 63.8% above the 2012 sale of £315,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£210/sq ft) was about 55.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in September 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
Energy performance
35 Lea Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Feb 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
35 Lea Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
35 Lea Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£516,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.5% per year over 8 years.
£315,000
Growth on file: 0.5% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
13 September 2012Most recent
£315,000
+3.6%over 7 years28 January 2005
£304,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in S18 1SB: £215,000 (2022–2018).
Nearby sales in S18 1SB
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Lea Road homes
Price per m² for 35 Lea Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,258
Street avg £5,260
Floor Area
139 m²
Street avg 67 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Dronfield Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.1 km
Dronfield Junior School. 15 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.3dB