The Gatehouse, Flat 4, 615 Middlewood Road, Sheffield, S6 1DG

The Gatehouse is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Sheffield (S6 1DG). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band A. At 56 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across The Gatehouse (56–108 m²). The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (October 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

At 56 m² it sits well below the postcode median (80 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £122,000 is 10.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£182/sq ft) was about 46.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £110,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.