3 Ridge Top Lane is a five-bedroom detached house in Hayfield, High Peak, High Peak (SK22 2JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 249 m² (around 2680 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include a balcony and notable views. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since June 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced High Peak HPI: 4.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £441,000 sits 148.5% above the 2010 sale of £177,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£66/sq ft) was about 67.3% below the postcode norm. At 249 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count.
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3 Ridge Top Lane sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 03 May 2023
3 Ridge Top Lane has no planning applications on record.
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3 Ridge Top Lane valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£441,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 4 years.
£177,500
Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 4 years.
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Price per m² for 3 Ridge Top Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£713
Street avg £2,373
Floor Area
249 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
4 June 2010Most recent
£177,500
+18.3%over 3 years28 July 2006
£150,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SK22 2JQ: £160,000 (2022–1996).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
SK22 2JH
New Mills Road 38 — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Hayfield Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.4dB