The Orchard is a detached house in Calver, Hope Valley, Hope Valley (S32 3XJ). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1967-1975. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 112 m² it's 15.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (97 m² median across 9 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2015.
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The Orchard's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 Dec 2025
Alterations and extension
The Orchard has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£441,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
EPC Rating for The Orchard lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
40 (E)
Street avg 59 (D)
Floor Area
112 m²
Street avg 106 m²
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 5.9 t/year
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
What's in The Orchard, Donkey Lane, Folds Head, Calver, Hope Valley, S32 3XJ's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
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

Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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