Mystic Cottage, Plantation Avenue, Littletown, Durham, DH6 1PY
About Mystic Cottage
Mystic Cottage is a detached house in Littletown, Durham, Durham (DH6 1PY). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 59 m² it's 21.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (75 m² median across 31 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £156,000 is 21.9% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£202/sq ft) was about 78.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused. Last sale on file: £128,000 in December 2023.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 28 Jul 2024
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Planning history
- Apr 2014New BuildOutlineIn report
Detached dormer bungalow
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- DM/14/00154/OUT
- Apr 2013OutlineIn report
Detached Dormer Bungalow
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 4/13/00195/OUT
What's in Mystic Cottage, Plantation Avenue, Littletown, Durham, DH6 1PY's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Mystic Cottage's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£156,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -0.4% per year over 15 years.
£128,000
Growth on file: -0.4% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
21 December 2023Most recent
£128,000
-6.2%over 15 years4 September 2008
£136,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in DH6 1PY: £84,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in DH6 1PY
52 Plantation Avenue, Littletown, Durham, DH6 1PY
Sold Jun 2025
£84,0005 Plantation Avenue, Littletown, Durham, DH6 1PY
Sold Nov 2024
£85,0002 Plantation Avenue, Littletown, Durham, DH6 1PY
Sold Aug 2023
£188,00042 Plantation Avenue, Littletown, Durham, DH6 1PY
Sold Apr 2019
£105,00034 Plantation Avenue, Littletown, Durham, DH6 1PY
Sold Jan 2019
£60,500
Versus other Plantation Avenue homes
Mystic Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,169
Street avg £1,150
Floor Area
59 m²
Street avg 80 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Bus Shelter — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
Pittington Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB







