2 Bees Cottages, Bridge Street, Durham, DH1 4RT

2 Bees Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Durham (DH1 4RT). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2011. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump.

Across 1998–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £418,000 is 10.2% below the 2023 sale of £465,500, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£323/sq ft) was about 31.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 134 m² the property is well over the postcode median (50 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £465,500 in December 2023. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2015.