19 Lawson Terrace, Durham, DH1 4EW

19 Lawson Terrace is a five-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Durham (DH1 4EW). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.

Held since January 1998 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 137 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 28 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £334,000 sits 421.9% above the 1998 sale of £64,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£43/sq ft) was about 74.5% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2011.