Park Lodge, Apartment 1, 3 Park Road, Buxton, SK17 6SG

Park Lodge is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Buxton (SK17 6SG). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 68 m² this is the 5th smallest of 8 units on EPC record in Park Lodge, where floor areas span 43–74 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (63 versus a worst of 47). The latest certificate (September 2025) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on electricity.

4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 68 m² it's 20% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (85 m² median across 32 EPCs). Last sale on file: £143,500 in July 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.