179 John Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Sheffield (S2 4QX). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Sheffield HPI: 3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £177,000 is 34.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£186/sq ft) was about 68% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £132,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
179 John Street has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
12applications of note in the surrounding area
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Latest sale on 179 John Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£177,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.0% per year over 7 years.
£132,000
Growth on file: 3.0% per year over 7 years.
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Price per m² for 179 John Street runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,000
Street avg £1,212
Floor Area
66 m²
Street avg 67 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
8/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
58.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system upgraded
More low energy lighting installed
30-day money-back guarantee
19 February 2021Most recent
£132,000
+23.4%over 7 years10 January 2014
£107,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in S2 4QX: £104,000 (2019–2015).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
S2 4DD
Shoreham Street/Charlotte Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
UTC Sheffield City Centre. 37 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
48.3dB