5 Broom Crescent, Rotherham, S60 2SS

5 Broom Crescent is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Rotherham (S60 2SS). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (August 2013); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since May 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. At 144 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 26 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 £192,000 sits 86.4% above the 2010 sale of £103,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£66/sq ft) was about 46.2% below the postcode norm.