Keepers Cottage, Sandy Lane, Coxbench, Derby, DE21 5BJ
About Keepers Cottage
Keepers Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Coxbench, Derby, Derby (DE21 5BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 295 m² (around 3175 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 54). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot.
Held since September 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 295 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 1998–2001, sale prices on this property compounded at 14% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,345,000 sits 144.5% above the 2001 sale of £550,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- OutbuildingsYes
- LandYes
Energy performance
Keepers Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 28 May 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jan 2007ExtensionIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Single storey side extension
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- AVA/2006/1402
- May 2002ApplicationIn report
Retention of manege for private use
Retrospective- Reference
- AVA/2002/0430
What's in Keepers Cottage, Sandy Lane, Coxbench, Derby, DE21 5BJ's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Keepers Cottage's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£1,345,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.0% per year over 3 years.
£550,000
Growth on file: 14.0% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
6 September 2001Most recent
£550,000
+42.9%over 2 years14 December 1998
£385,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in DE21 5BJ: £375,000 (2017–2017).
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Versus other Sandy Lane homes
On epc rating, Keepers Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
23 (F)
Street avg 54 (E)
Floor Area
295 m²
Street avg 80 m²
CO₂ Emissions
22.0 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.8 km
Horsley Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
Horsley CofE (Controlled) Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB