3 Fern Farm Cottages, Waterswallows Road, Fairfield, Buxton, SK17 7DG
About 3 Fern Farm Cottages
3 Fern Farm Cottages is a three-bedroom detached house in Fairfield, Buxton, Buxton (SK17 7DG). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 961 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2009) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 56). The latest certificate is from September 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £281,000 is 44.1% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£203/sq ft) was about 16.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in October 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- ParkingAllocated
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
3 Fern Farm Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Sept 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Aug 2017ConditionsIn report
Discharge of conditions 3 & 4 relating to HPK/2017/0044
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- DOC/2017/0032
- Mar 2017DemolitionFullIn report
Proposed internal alterations, demolition of existing conservatory and replacement with single storey side Kitchen/Diner extension on the same footprint
Extension- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- HPK/2017/0044
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 3 Fern Farm Cottages was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£281,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 15.1% per year over 16 years.
£195,000
Growth on file: 15.1% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
17 October 2013Most recent
£195,000
+170.8%over 13 years19 April 2000
£72,000
+242.9%over 2 years22 December 1997
£21,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SK17 7DG: £153,000 (2021–1997).
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Tongue Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
St Peter's Church of England (VC) Junior School. 10 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.6dB







