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Get started1 Garden Head Cottage is a semi-detached house in Chinley, High Peak, High Peak (SK23 6EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced High Peak HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£391/sq ft) was about 92.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (91 m² across 28 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold January 2024 for £240,000.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Price for 1 Garden Head Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£263,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 27 years.
£240,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 27 years.
Floor Area for 1 Garden Head Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,211
Street avg £2,964
Floor Area
57 m²
Street avg 108 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Lower Lane — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.3dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Wall insulation improved
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15 January 2024Most recent
£240,000
+17.9%over 3 years31 July 2020
£203,500
+43.3%over 7 years14 December 2012
£142,000
+77.6%over 11 years6 July 2001
£79,950
+45.4%over 4 years30 August 1996
£55,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SK23 6EJ: £361,500 (2025–2024).
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Sold May 2025
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Sold Mar 2025
2 Holly Bank Whitehough Chinley High Peak
Sold Mar 2025
Brookfield Whitehough Chinley High Peak
Sold Oct 2024
2 Shepherds Cottage Whitehough Chinley High Peak
Sold Sept 2024
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
Closest school
1.2 km
Chinley Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.9dB
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