Kelso House, Fletcher Hill, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4QH

Kelso House is a five-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Kirkby Stephen (CA17 4QH). It has a recorded floor area of 281 m² (around 3025 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2021 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 281 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £398,000 is 22.5% above the 2022 sale price. Sold March 2022 for £325,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.