31 Ashdown Avenue, Durham, DH1 1DB
About 31 Ashdown Avenue
31 Ashdown Avenue is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Durham (DH1 1DB). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2012) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 114 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £201,000 is 43.6% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£114/sq ft) was about 29.9% below the postcode norm. On the market in December 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2018.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
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Energy performance
31 Ashdown Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 27 Jul 2022
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Planning history
1 application on record at 31 Ashdown Avenue, Durham, DH1 1DB
- May 2018FullOutcome in report
Proposal for change of use from open space to extend our existing garden only
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- DM/18/00715/FPA
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Sales history & valuation
31 Ashdown Avenue valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£201,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£140,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
16 December 2013Most recent
£140,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DH1 1DB: £169,950 (2024–2019).
Versus other Ashdown Avenue homes
31 Ashdown Avenue outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,228
Street avg £1,817
Floor Area
114 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
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Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Moor Crescent — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Durham Gilesgate Primary School. 15 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.0dB