Gib Garth Cottage, Main Street, Brough, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4AX

Gib Garth Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Brough, Kirkby Stephen, Kirkby Stephen (CA17 4AX). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 66 m² it sits well below the postcode median (101 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £127,000 in October 2019. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Today's modelled estimate of £166,000 is 30.7% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£179/sq ft) was about 57.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.