2 Royal Court, Barnsley Road, Barugh Green, Barnsley, S75 1LS

2 Royal Court is a detached house in Barugh Green, Barnsley, Barnsley (S75 1LS). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 124 m² it's 24% larger than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £300,000 sits 700% above the 1996 sale of £37,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£28/sq ft) was about 60.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused.