1 Blaidwood Drive, Durham, DH1 3TD

1 Blaidwood Drive is a semi-detached house in Durham (DH1 3TD). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in July 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

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 144 m² it's 21.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (184 m² median across 11 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£306/sq ft) was about 55.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £475,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.