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Get started17 James Street is a two-bedroom detached house in Leabrooks, Alfreton, Alfreton (DE55 1LY). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£312/sq ft) was about 117.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 79 m² it's 25.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (105 m² median across 48 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £264,950 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
17 James Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Price for 17 James Street has grown more than fourfold since the 1999 starting point.
£274,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 23 years.
£264,950
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 23 years.
On price per m², 17 James Street stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,354
Street avg £1,703
Floor Area
79 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.8dB

24 November 2022Most recent
£264,950
+320.6%over 23 years16 July 1999
£63,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DE55 1LY: £182,500 (2024–2022).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 2.7 t/year
DE55 1SG
Park Side — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Riddings Infant and Nursery School. 12 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.7dB
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