26 Tivy Dale Drive, Cawthorne, Barnsley, S75 4EN

26 Tivy Dale Drive is a two-bedroom detached house in Cawthorne, Barnsley, Barnsley (S75 4EN). It has a recorded floor area of 175 m² (around 1884 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows a G (score 13), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2014); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 175 m² the property is well over the postcode median (119 m² across 15 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £508,000 is 43.1% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£188/sq ft) was about 32.5% below the postcode norm. On the market in August 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.