34 Cooks Wood Road, Sheffield, S3 9AB

34 Cooks Wood Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Sheffield (S3 9AB). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 4 certificates since August 2013. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since April 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 2002–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £181,000 sits 50.8% above the 2008 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£145/sq ft) was about 23.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 77 m² it's 16.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (66 m² median across 14 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs).