59 Locksley Gardens, Birdwell, Barnsley, S70 5SU

59 Locksley Gardens is a four-bedroom detached house in Birdwell, Barnsley, Barnsley (S70 5SU). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a C (score 74). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since April 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 148 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 38 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£251/sq ft) was about 73.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £400,000 in December 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.