9 Yates Close, Wickersley, Rotherham, S66 1AP

9 Yates Close is a two-bedroom detached house in Wickersley, Rotherham, Rotherham (S66 1AP). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89). The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Held since August 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 50 m² it's 17.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (61 m² median across 7 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £274,000 is 40.5% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£362/sq ft) was about 22.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.