Gables Farm, Main Road, Higham, Alfreton, DE55 6EH

Gables Farm is a four-bedroom detached house in Higham, Alfreton, Alfreton (DE55 6EH). It has a recorded floor area of 169 m² (around 1819 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in December 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).

At 169 m² the property is well over the postcode median (127 m² across 46 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2023. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2016–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£357/sq ft) was about 97% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £650,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.