Flat 10, 8 Furnace Hill, Sheffield, S3 7AF

Flat 10 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Sheffield (S3 7AF). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 54 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (54–71 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (77 versus a worst of 68). The latest certificate (March 2012) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in May 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 54 m² it's 16.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (65 m² median across 9 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £160,000 is 14.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£241/sq ft) was about 54.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £140,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.