16a, Ashdown Avenue, Durham, DH1 1DD
About 16a
16a is a detached house in Durham (DH1 1DD). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.
At 92 m² the property is well over the postcode median (32 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Energy performance
16a's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
16a has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 16a, Ashdown Avenue, Durham, DH1 1DD
- Dec 2025ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Single storey side extension with associated internal alterations and new windows and doors
New Windows- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- DM/25/03149/FPA
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Sales history & valuation
16a has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£233,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in DH1 1DD: £65,000 (2025–2022).
Versus other Ashdown Avenue homes
On epc rating, 16a runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
50 (E)
Street avg 60 (D)
Floor Area
92 m²
Street avg 75 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Moor Crescent — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Durham Gilesgate Primary School. 16 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.5dB