3 Birchfield Road, Maltby, Rotherham, S66 7DX

3 Birchfield Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Maltby, Rotherham, Rotherham (S66 7DX). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 98 m² the property is well over the postcode median (62 m² across 17 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. Across 2000–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £174,000 sits 58.2% above the 2018 sale of £110,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£104/sq ft) was about 19.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2018 for £110,000.