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Get started7 Birkinstyle Lane is a detached house in Shirland, Alfreton, Alfreton (DE55 6BS). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 30.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £232,000 is 23.7% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£210/sq ft) was about 28.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 83 m² it sits well below the postcode median (121 m² across 40 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £187,500 in December 2018.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
£232,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 30.1% per year over 2 years.
£187,500
Growth on file: 30.1% per year over 2 years.
On epc rating, 7 Birkinstyle Lane runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,259
Street avg £2,026
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 131 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.3dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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21 December 2018Most recent
£187,500
+63.0%over 1 year10 February 2017
£115,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DE55 6BS: £250,000 (2025–2023).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
Broom Close Farm — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Shirland Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB
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