64 Top Cottages, Cressbrook, Buxton, SK17 8SX

64 Top Cottages is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cressbrook, Buxton, Buxton (SK17 8SX). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since September 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 95 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Sold August 2019 for £230,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1999–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £289,000 is 25.7% above the 2019 sale price.