Ivy Cottage, Alma Road, Tideswell, Buxton, SK17 8ND

Ivy Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Tideswell, Buxton, Buxton (SK17 8ND). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in November 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 109 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £347,000 sits 52.5% above the 2014 sale of £227,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£194/sq ft) was about 29.4% below the postcode norm. Last sold in January 2014, so it's been off the market for around 12 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.