17 Firthwood Road, Coal Aston, Dronfield, S18 3BW
About 17 Firthwood Road
17 Firthwood Road is a semi-detached house in Coal Aston, Dronfield, Dronfield (S18 3BW). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 90 m² it's 17.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (109 m² median across 19 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- May 2019DemolitionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Demolition of conservatory and construction of a single-storey rear extension
- Agent
- Paul Gouge design
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/00384/FLH
What's in 17 Firthwood Road, Coal Aston, Dronfield, S18 3BW's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
17 Firthwood Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£305,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in S18 3BW: £333,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in S18 3BW
45 Firthwood Road, Coal Aston, Dronfield, S18 3BW
Sold Apr 2024
£410,00030 Firthwood Road, Coal Aston, Dronfield, S18 3BW
Sold Feb 2024
£260,00033 Firthwood Road, Coal Aston, Dronfield, S18 3BW
Sold Sept 2023
£380,00026 Firthwood Road, Coal Aston, Dronfield, S18 3BW
Sold Oct 2021
£333,0006 Firthwood Road, Coal Aston, Dronfield, S18 3BW
Sold Aug 2020
£245,000
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Versus other Firthwood Road homes
On floor area, 17 Firthwood Road runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
55 (D)
Street avg 63 (D)
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 124 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Firthwood Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Northfield Junior School. 12 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB