4 Lockwood Gardens, Hoylandswaine, Sheffield, S36 7LN

4 Lockwood Gardens is a four-bedroom detached house in Hoylandswaine, Sheffield, Sheffield (S36 7LN). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (December 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 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 9.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £425,000 sits 51.8% above the 2008 sale of £280,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£239/sq ft) was about 42.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 109 m² it's 28.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (153 m² median across 22 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs).