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79, Lightwood Road, Buxton is recorded publicly as a period freehold house across 1,130 ft2 of internal area, sitting on a 238 m2 plot.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 3 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of 79, Lightwood Road, Buxton is £272,455 and its rental estimate is £1,124 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Lightwood Road, Buxton, SK17 falls within the SK17 postal district, in the borough of High Peak.
79, Lightwood Road, Buxton has 2 entries in the Land Registry , most recently in May 2013 and a single entry in the EPC database dated November 2023.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 4 out of 5 and is considered of high accuracy.
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For 79, Lightwood Road, Buxton, we estimate a market value of £286,078 and a rental value of £1,180 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £253,383 and £1,045 per month respectively.
Over the last year, 79, Lightwood Road, Buxton has seen its estimated sale value move up by £3,039 (1.1%) and its estimated rental value increase by £52 per month (4.7%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 4.9%.
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for 79, Lightwood Road, Buxton as measuring 238 m2.
That makes it the largest plot in the postcode, where 15 of the 18 other houses have recorded plot data.
79, Lightwood Road, Buxton has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of C. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 20 Nov 2023.
The property is connected to mains gas and has fully double glazed windows. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, mains gas.
The most recent sale of 79, Lightwood Road, Buxton completed on 20th May 2013 at £179,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 the property has sold twice.
Values of comparable properties have risen by 66.5% over the period since May 2013.
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to 79, Lightwood Road, Buxton have sold within a radius of 550 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 14th February 2025, was 6 Brooklands, Nunsfield Road, Buxton, SK17 7BQ, a freehold house which sold for £218,000.
Read more about house prices in SK17.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
Of the 145 addresses on Lightwood Road, Buxton, SK17, 79, Lightwood Road, Buxton comes out as the 69th largest and the 75th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £18k less expensive than the average property across the SK17 district.
From 79, Lightwood Road, Buxton, the nearest station is Buxton, 400 metres away.
Broadband here reaches superfast speeds, based on recent Ofcom data.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Superfast broadband is available in the area.
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
The recent census recorded whether a resident owned or rented their home.
In the area around 79, Lightwood Road, Buxton, 35.1% of property is privately rented and 33.8% is privately owned outright.
The graph below shows how this compares to East Midlands and the rest of England & Wales.
The recent census recorded the highest level of education achieved by residents in the local area.
In the area around 79, Lightwood Road, Buxton, 21.3% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 28.7% as possessing degree level qualifications.
The graph below shows how this compares to East Midlands and the rest of England & Wales.
The most recent census in 2021 recorded the age of all UK residents.
In the area around 79, Lightwood Road, Buxton, the average age was 47.1 and the most common age was 57.
The graph below shows how this compares to East Midlands and the rest of England & Wales
The recent census recorded whether a property was a primary or secondary home for the resident.
In the area around 79, Lightwood Road, Buxton, 0.0% of property was a second home.
Comparison figures for East Midlands and the rest of England & Wales are listed below.
The recent census recorded the number of cars registered in each household.
In the area around 79, Lightwood Road, Buxton, there are an average of 1.1 cars per household.
See below for how this compares to East Midlands and the rest of England & Wales.