14a, Damasel Close, Wharncliffe Side, Sheffield, S35 0EJ

14a is a two-bedroom detached house in Wharncliffe Side, Sheffield, Sheffield (S35 0EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2013) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £222,000 sits 286.1% above the 1998 sale of £57,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£85/sq ft) was about 52% below the postcode norm. At 63 m² it sits well below the postcode median (121 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.