Old Ford Lodge, Ogston, Higham, Alfreton, DE55 6EL
About Old Ford Lodge
Old Ford Lodge is a detached house in Higham, Alfreton, Alfreton (DE55 6EL). It has a recorded floor area of 177 m² (around 1905 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Untraded for 20 years, with the last transfer in August 2006. At 177 m² the property is well over the postcode median (133 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 19.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £720,000 is 44% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£262/sq ft) was about 16% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Energy performance
Old Ford Lodge's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Dec 2003ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Two storey
Two storey extension and conservatory
Extension- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 03/01299/FL
What's in Old Ford Lodge, Ogston, Higham, Alfreton, DE55 6EL's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Old Ford Lodge valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£720,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 19.1% per year over 3 years.
£499,950
Growth on file: 19.1% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
13 August 2006Most recent
£499,950
+71.2%over 3 years17 July 2003
£292,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DE55 6EL: £337,500 (2024–2010).
Nearby sales in DE55 6EL
Ford Farm Barn, Ogston, Higham, Alfreton, DE55 6EL
Sold Mar 2024
£770,000Osprey House, Ogston, Higham, Alfreton, DE55 6EL
Sold Dec 2017
£330,000The Malthouse, Ogston, Higham, Alfreton, DE55 6EL
Sold Nov 2016
£650,0002 Reservoir Houses, Ogston, Higham, Alfreton, DE55 6EL
Sold Sept 2014
£337,5003 Reservoir Houses, Ogston, Higham, Alfreton, DE55 6EL
Sold Oct 2010
£280,000
Versus other Ogston homes
CO₂ Emissions for Old Ford Lodge lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,825
Street avg £2,696
Floor Area
177 m²
Street avg 135 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.8 t/year
Street avg 6.6 t/year
Similar properties nearby
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
0.9 km
Hawthorne Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Mickley Village Primary and Nursery School. 6 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
42.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB







