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

24 St Giles Close is a mid-terrace house in Gilesgate, Durham, Durham (DH1 1XH). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 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 June 2011. Main heating runs on electricity. At 57 m² this is the 11th 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.

Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £140,000 is 16.4% below the 2022 sale of £167,500, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£273/sq ft) was about 57.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £167,500 in March 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 79% of similar EPCs).