15 Varley Gardens, Flanderwell, Rotherham, S66 2YA

15 Varley Gardens is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Flanderwell, Rotherham, Rotherham (S66 2YA). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. At 37 m² this is the 5th smallest of 21 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–82 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (45 versus a best of 75). The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £102,000 sits 92.5% above the 2021 sale of £53,000. Last sale on file: £53,000 in January 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 37 m² it's 26.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (51 m² median across 20 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.