Laing House, High Ling Close, Haswell, Durham, DH6 2BY
About Laing House
Laing House is a detached house in Haswell, Durham, Durham (DH6 2BY). It has a recorded floor area of 238 m² (around 2562 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2022) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 96). Main heating runs on electricity.
At 238 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Achieving this rating across a home of this size is uncommon — larger homes typically score lower.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2016Change of UseFullIn report
Change of Use from respite cottages to form 3 No Holiday lets
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- DM/15/03929/FPA
- May 2010ConditionsIn report
Discharge of conditions no.S 2 - 8 attached to planning permission PL/5/2009/0163
- Agent
- Self Build & Design Architects
- Reference
- 5/CD/2010/0002
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Sales history & valuation
Laing House has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£492,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Versus other High Ling Close homes
Laing House outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
81 (B)
Street avg 67 (D)
Floor Area
238 m²
Street avg 60 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 2.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
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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
1.1 km
Mill Hill - Cook Way — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Shotton Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB







