21 Brookside Bar, Chesterfield, S40 3PL

21 Brookside Bar is a detached house in Chesterfield (S40 3PL). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1096 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2009) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 55), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 102 m² it sits well below the postcode median (164 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2001–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 15% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £355,000 is 47.9% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£219/sq ft) was about 35.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused.