7 Beechcrest, Durham, DH1 4QF

7 Beechcrest is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Durham (DH1 4QF). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include notable views.

At 92 m² it's 25.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (124 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £351,000 is 13.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£313/sq ft) was about 61.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2021 for £310,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.