10 Ashford Grove, Thornley, Durham, DH6 3AD

10 Ashford Grove is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Thornley, Durham, Durham (DH6 3AD). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (May 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.

At 64 m² it sits well below the postcode median (116 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £158,000 is 46.3% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£157/sq ft) was about 268.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2020 for £108,000.