12 Victoria Street, Barnsley, S70 2BJ

12 Victoria Street is a five-bedroom detached house in Barnsley (S70 2BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 208 m² (around 2239 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2019 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Period features are noted in the property record.

At 208 m² the property is well over the postcode median (157 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2019–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 20% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£228/sq ft) was about 87% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £510,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.