5 Thornton Close, Ludworth, Durham, DH6 1LY

5 Thornton Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Ludworth, Durham, Durham (DH6 1LY). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

Today's modelled estimate of £130,000 sits 136.4% above the 2022 sale of £55,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£54/sq ft) was about 31.4% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 94 m² it's 22.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (77 m² median across 8 EPCs). Last sale on file: £55,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.