1 Wood Lane, Carlton, Barnsley, S71 3JQ

1 Wood Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Carlton, Barnsley, Barnsley (S71 3JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2024 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2025) returns an A (score 99), the top energy band on the EPC scale. When first surveyed in November 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 5 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Very Good. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

It hasn't traded since February 1996, a hold of 30 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 132 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £315,000 sits 483.3% above the 1996 sale of £54,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£38/sq ft) was about 75.6% below the postcode norm.