1 Staindrop Road, Durham, DH1 5XS

1 Staindrop Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Durham (DH1 5XS). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1440 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2008) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since January 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 134 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 37 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. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion, solar panel installation and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £205,000 is 26.5% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£113/sq ft) was about 21.7% below the postcode norm.