18 Dowsey Road, Sherburn Village, Durham, DH6 1JH

18 Dowsey Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Sherburn Village, Durham, Durham (DH6 1JH). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 81 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold May 2022 for £125,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£143/sq ft) was about 17% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2004.