Beck Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Eyam, Hope Valley, Hope Valley (S32 5QU). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
Held since July 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (83 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£632/sq ft) was about 89.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Beck Cottage has no planning applications on record.
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The latest sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market — a high-water reference point.
£412,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£388,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Beck Cottage outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,807
Street avg £4,649
Floor Area
57 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.6dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
25 July 2007Most recent
£388,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in S32 5QU: £460,000 (2025–2023).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 5.8 t/year
S32 5RF
The Square — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Eyam CofE Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB