5 The Ditch, Chelmorton, Buxton, SK17 9SQ

5 The Ditch is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Chelmorton, Buxton, Buxton (SK17 9SQ). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 626 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Held since September 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £225,000 sits 185.5% above the 2000 sale of £78,809. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£126/sq ft) was about 34% below the postcode norm. At 58 m² it's 20.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (74 m² median across 4 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs).