17 Crestwood Gardens, Sheffield, S5 7DU

17 Crestwood Gardens is a semi-detached house in Sheffield (S5 7DU). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in March 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since January 1997 — that's 29 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 £174,000 sits 370.3% above the 1997 sale of £37,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£51/sq ft) was about 68.7% below the postcode norm. At 68 m² it's 15.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (59 m² median across 11 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs).