23 High Street, Kegworth, Derby, DE74 2DA

23 High Street is a seven-bedroom detached house in Kegworth, Derby, Derby (DE74 2DA). It has a recorded floor area of 290 m² (around 3122 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since April 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 290 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 36 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 1997–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at -9.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £523,000 sits 1207.5% above the 2009 sale of £40,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£13/sq ft) was about 92.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.