2 Aykley Vale, Aykley Heads, Durham, DH1 5WA

2 Aykley Vale is a three-bedroom detached house in Aykley Heads, Durham, Durham (DH1 5WA). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1093 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2009) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). The latest certificate is from October 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 102 m² it sits well below the postcode median (160 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2009. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £363,000 is 23.1% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£270/sq ft) was about 125.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.