Birch Hall Farm, Sylvia Road, Unstone, Dronfield, S18 4DP

Birch Hall Farm is a four-bedroom detached house in Unstone, Dronfield, Dronfield (S18 4DP). It has a recorded floor area of 196 m² (around 2110 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 196 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £942,000 sits 53.2% above the 2011 sale of £615,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£292/sq ft) was about 120.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in July 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 15 years. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused.