when we moved to New Houghton next to Shirebrook in 85...terraced house in pit village..a year after we moved in the old boy next door died ...that house sold for 4.5 k......the houses on our street were about 5.5 k typically....we were renting our rent was 30 quid a month...so this was 86....the house next door was bought by a nice couple they were hippy types...they did that house up....only in it a year or so and it sold for 27k....remember that hippy chap telling me they were off to france to buy some run down farm house or chatto...for pea nuts