78 Hickton Road, Swanwick, Alfreton, DE55 1AG
About 78 Hickton Road
78 Hickton Road is a detached house in Swanwick, Alfreton, Alfreton (DE55 1AG). It has a recorded floor area of 230 m² (around 2476 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since May 1998, a hold of 28 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 230 m² the property is well over the postcode median (124 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £362,000 sits 302.2% above the 1998 sale of £90,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£36/sq ft) was about 82.3% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2006.
Energy performance
78 Hickton Road'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 03 Dec 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2006ExtensionIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey extension to rear elevation
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- AVA/2006/0878
What's in 78 Hickton Road, Swanwick, Alfreton, DE55 1AG's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
78 Hickton Road's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£362,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£90,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 May 1998Most recent
£90,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DE55 1AG: £300,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in DE55 1AG
96 Hickton Road, Swanwick, Alfreton, DE55 1AG
Sold Jan 2025
£300,00072 Hickton Road, Swanwick, Alfreton, DE55 1AG
Sold Feb 2023
£280,00086 Hickton Road, Swanwick, Alfreton, DE55 1AG
Sold Jan 2023
£295,00077 Hickton Road, Swanwick, Alfreton, DE55 1AG
Sold Jan 2023
£480,00067 Hickton Road, Swanwick, Alfreton, DE55 1AG
Sold Mar 2022
£400,000
Versus other Hickton Road homes
78 Hickton Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£391
Street avg £2,369
Floor Area
230 m²
Street avg 116 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.8 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
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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
0.2 km
The Gate — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Swanwick Hall School. 14 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.9dB







