23 St Giles Close, Gilesgate, Durham, DH1 1XH

23 St Giles Close is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Gilesgate, Durham, Durham (DH1 1XH). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2021) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average. Main heating runs on electricity. At 50 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 40 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–129 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top.

Last sale on file: £155,000 in March 2023. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 50 m² it's 24.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (66 m² median across 39 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 79% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£288/sq ft) was about 68.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.