37 Hopwood Street, Barnsley, S70 2BS
About 37 Hopwood Street
37 Hopwood Street is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Barnsley (S70 2BS). It has a recorded floor area of 211 m² (around 2271 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 59), a 2-band jump.
At 211 m² the property is well over the postcode median (113 m² across 23 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £389,000 is 23.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£138/sq ft) was about 42% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: July 2021 at £314,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
37 Hopwood Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
37 Hopwood Street has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Oct 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension to dwelling
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 2021/1203
- Jun 2018ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of rear single storey extension to dwelling.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 2018/0491
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 37 Hopwood Street has grown more than fourfold since the 1998 starting point.
£389,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 23 years.
£314,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
22 July 2021Most recent
£314,000
+58.6%over 4 years6 April 2017
£198,000
+164.0%over 18 years4 December 1998
£75,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in S70 2BS: £313,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in S70 2BS
Everything we know about 37 Hopwood Street, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
Versus other Hopwood Street homes
On epc rating, 37 Hopwood Street runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,488
Street avg £1,285
Floor Area
211 m²
Street avg 125 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
17.0 t/year
Street avg 6.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Victoria Road/Hopwood Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Summer Lane Primary. 24 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.8dB