What kind of home is 40 Brearley Drive, S5 8BF?

40 Brearley Drive, S5 8BF is a 4-bedroom semi-detached house.

What did 40 Brearley Drive, S5 8BF sell for?

40 Brearley Drive, S5 8BF last sold for £230,000 in December 2022, around 4 years ago. Before that, it sold for £145,000 in March 2018, so prices have been rising over 5 years on record. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for 40 Brearley Drive, S5 8BF?

Across 2 sales between March 2018 and December 2022, 40 Brearley Drive, S5 8BF rose from £145,000 to £230,000, a change of £85,000. That works out to roughly +10.3% per year compounded over 5 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does 40 Brearley Drive, S5 8BF have?

The current EPC rating for 40 Brearley Drive, S5 8BF is B with a score of 85 out of 100, lodged in November 2017. The assessor estimates the property could reach a A. Source: EPC Register.

How big is 40 Brearley Drive, S5 8BF?

40 Brearley Drive, S5 8BF has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (1,238 sq ft), around 29 m² per bedroom. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does 40 Brearley Drive, S5 8BF use?

The latest EPC at 40 Brearley Drive, S5 8BF records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

Which area is 40 Brearley Drive, S5 8BF in?

40 Brearley Drive, S5 8BF sits in Sheffield. It falls within the S5 postcode district.

Is 40 Brearley Drive, S5 8BF in a safe area?

Police records around 40 Brearley Drive, S5 8BF show an average of 13 reported crimes per month over the last 11 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 45% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

What schools are near 40 Brearley Drive, S5 8BF?

The closest primary school to 40 Brearley Drive, S5 8BF is Southey Green Primary School and Nurseries (292m), one of 25 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Chaucer School (773m), with 6 secondaries in the surrounding area.

How well connected is 40 Brearley Drive, S5 8BF?

The closest bus stop to 40 Brearley Drive, S5 8BF is Adlington Road/Falstaff Road, 212m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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40 Brearley Drive, Sheffield, S5 8BF

EPC B

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

115 m²

1238 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 85

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 40 Brearley Drive

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

40 Brearley Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Sheffield (S5 8BF). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft). The latest certificate (November 2017) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 94).

Across 2018–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£186/sq ft) was about 58.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £230,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms4
Bathrooms2
Dining roomYes
EnsuiteYes

Outside

Private gardenYes
ParkingYes

Building

RefurbishedYes

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

EPC Rating

B85

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Very Good

CO2 Emissions

1.7 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 40 Brearley Drive, Sheffield, S5 8BF, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

40 Brearley Drive has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£250,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.3% per year over 5 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£230,000

Growth on file: 10.3% per year over 5 years.

Sales timeline

1 December 2022Most recent
£230,000
+58.6%over 4 years
23 March 2018
£145,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in S5 8BF: £170,000 (2024–2022).

Nearby sales in S5 8BF

On the street

Versus other Brearley Drive homes

Four headline reads against 45 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m² for 40 Brearley Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£2,000

Street avg £1,365

Strongly above

Floor Area

115 m²

Street avg 111 m²

Above

CO₂ Emissions

1.7 t/year

Street avg 1.5 t/year

Below

Years Held

4 years

Street avg 9 years

Strongly below

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Sheffield district page.

Full Sheffield report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

13/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.2 km

Adlington Road/Falstaff Road — bus stop.

Closest school

0.3 km

Southey Green Primary School and Nurseries. 31 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around S5 8BF from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

49.0dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for S5 8BF

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

37.9dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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