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Get started7 Fern Lea is a three-bedroom detached house in Shirland, Alfreton, Alfreton (DE55 6EP). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. 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. Today's modelled estimate of £289,000 is 21.9% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£306/sq ft) was about 85.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2018 for £237,000. Across the public record there are 7 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 72 m² it's 28.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (56 m² median across 8 EPCs). One planning record on file: a garage conversion refused in 2019.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Feb 2025
Change of use of existing domestic garage to provide pre-school playroom facility and erection of canopy to form covered play area
Latest sale on 7 Fern Lea was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£289,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 21 years.
£237,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 21 years.
On price per m², 7 Fern Lea stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,292
Street avg £2,227
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 62 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 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
49.4dB

5 October 2018Most recent
£237,000
+41.1%over 3 years17 July 2015
£167,950
+0.6%over 10 years25 February 2005
£167,000
+96.5%over 3 years5 March 2001
£85,000
-0.6%over 10 months28 April 2000
£85,500
+17.1%over 11 months4 June 1999
£73,000
+12.3%over 1 year27 June 1997
£64,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in DE55 6EP: £160,000 (2025–2018).
CO₂ Emissions
3.3 t/year
Street avg 2.4 t/year
DE55 6LF
Strettea Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Mickley Village Primary and Nursery School. 6 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.5dB
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