3 Folds Head Cottage is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Calver, Hope Valley, Hope Valley (S32 3XJ). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
Held since July 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £312,000 sits 149.6% above the 2002 sale of £125,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£142/sq ft) was about 61.5% below the postcode norm. At 82 m² it's 16.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (98 m² median across 9 EPCs).
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
3 Folds Head Cottage has no planning applications on record.
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3 Folds Head Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£312,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£125,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Price per m² for 3 Folds Head Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,524
Street avg £4,358
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
1 July 2002Most recent
£125,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in S32 3XJ: £400,000 (2025–2022).
1 Folds Head Cottage Folds Head Calver Hope Valley
Sold Jan 2025
4 Folds Head Cottage Folds Head Calver Hope Valley
Sold Nov 2024
Foxglove Cottage Folds Head Calver Hope Valley
Sold Nov 2023
Cavendish House Folds Head Calver Hope Valley
Sold Jun 2022
Coppice Corner Folds Head Calver Hope Valley
Sold Dec 2019

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 6.6 t/year
S32 3YU
Hassop Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Curbar Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.7dB