25 Hawthorn Crescent, Durham, DH1 1ED

25 Hawthorn Crescent is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Durham (DH1 1ED). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1204 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 112 m² it's 20.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (93 m² median across 19 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £181,000 is 44.8% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£104/sq ft) was about 28.8% below the postcode norm.