1 Hill End Cottages, Leek Road, Warslow, Buxton, SK17 0JY

1 Hill End Cottages is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Warslow, Buxton, Buxton (SK17 0JY). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows a G (score 11), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it F (February 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 6-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a corner plot.

Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in April 2009. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 66 m² it's 20.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (83 m² median across 15 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £183,000 sits 52.5% above the 2009 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£169/sq ft) was about 23.1% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.