26 East Lea, Thornley, Durham, DH6 3EA
About 26 East Lea
26 East Lea is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Thornley, Durham, Durham (DH6 3EA). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £111,000 is 48% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£111/sq ft) was about 55.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 63 m² it's 19.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (78 m² median across 33 EPCs). Last sale on file: £75,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
Building
- Heating systemGas
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
26 East Lea has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
- Aug 2006ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Rear conservatory
- Agent
- DIAMOND GLAZE WINDOWS AND CONSERVATORIES
Extension- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 5/PLAN/2006/0539
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£111,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£75,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 June 2022Most recent
£75,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DH6 3EA: £66,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in DH6 3EA
Versus other East Lea homes
26 East Lea is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£1,190
Street avg £847
Floor Area
63 m²
Street avg 77 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 3.6 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
Schools — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Thornley Academy. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB







