3a, Church Street, Buxton, SK17 6HD
About 3a
3a is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Buxton (SK17 6HD). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows a G (score 19), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
It hasn't traded since October 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. At 153 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 7 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. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1998–1999, sale prices on this property compounded at 44.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £189,000 sits 246.8% above the 1999 sale of £54,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£33/sq ft) was about 69.8% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2021.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
3a sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2021RenovationFullIn report
Modernisation of the existing two flats
- Documents
- 17 docs on file
- Reference
- HPK/2021/0327
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Sales history & valuation
3a's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£189,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 44.6% per year over 2 years.
£54,500
Growth on file: 44.6% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
28 October 1999Most recent
£54,500
+81.7%over 1 year16 March 1998
£30,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SK17 6HD: £125,000 (2024–2016).
Versus other Church Street homes
On price per m², 3a runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£356
Street avg £1,686
Floor Area
153 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Five Ways Cafe — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Buxton Junior School. 9 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.7dB







