16 Aykley Road, Durham, DH1 5JJ

16 Aykley Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Durham (DH1 5JJ). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2025) returns a high B (score 87), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since February 2015. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

At 107 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £110,000 in September 2019. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £148,000 is 34.5% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£96/sq ft) was about 23.2% below the postcode norm.