5 Birkdale Drive, Chesterfield, S40 3JL

5 Birkdale Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Chesterfield (S40 3JL). It has a recorded floor area of 141 m² (around 1516 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2009) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 60). The latest certificate is from January 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since December 2009, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 141 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £356,000 sits 53.4% above the 2009 sale of £232,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£153/sq ft) was about 49.3% below the postcode norm.