17 Whitwell Acres, High Shincliffe, Durham, DH1 2PX

17 Whitwell Acres is a three-bedroom detached house in High Shincliffe, Durham, Durham (DH1 2PX). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1178 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2009) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 109 m² it's 19.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (136 m² median across 13 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £277,000 is 17.9% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£199/sq ft) was about 47.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in May 2012, so it's been off the market for around 14 years.