Hill Cottage is a detached house in Calver, Hope Valley, Hope Valley (S32 3YJ). It has a recorded floor area of 214 m² (around 2303 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 214 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 9 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.
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Hill Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Mar 2025
Hill Cottage has no planning applications on record.
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Hill Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£858,000
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.
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On epc rating, Hill Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
44 (E)
Street avg 69 (D)
Floor Area
214 m²
Street avg 101 m²
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Median price across the last 4 sales in S32 3YJ: £362,500 (2022–1997).

Street avg 4.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
S32 3ZP
The Hillock — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Curbar Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB