10 Castle Drive, Hood Green, Barnsley, S75 3EY

10 Castle Drive is a two-bedroom detached house in Hood Green, Barnsley, Barnsley (S75 3EY). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (August 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The home occupies a corner plot.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in August 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 137 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £279,000 sits 64.1% above the 2008 sale of £170,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£115/sq ft) was about 49.7% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.