27 Durham Road West, Bowburn, Durham, DH6 5AU
About 27 Durham Road West
27 Durham Road West is a three-bedroom detached house in Bowburn, Durham, Durham (DH6 5AU). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since November 2014. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85). The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
At 140 m² the property is well over the postcode median (101 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 74% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£169/sq ft) was about 160.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Sold July 2022 for £255,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
27 Durham Road West's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 27 Nov 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Dec 2015OutbuildingFullIn report
Single storey detached garden room and store
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- DM/15/03338/FPA
- Feb 2014ConditionsIn report
Application to discharge condition 3 of application CE/13/00948/FPA relating to materials
- Reference
- CE/13/01715/DRC
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£270,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£255,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 July 2022Most recent
£255,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DH6 5AU: £90,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in DH6 5AU
28 Durham Road West, Bowburn, Durham, DH6 5AU
Sold Jan 2025
£190,00021 Durham Road West, Bowburn, Durham, DH6 5AU
Sold Jan 2024
£64,00011 Durham Road West, Bowburn, Durham, DH6 5AU
Sold May 2023
£90,0008 Durham Road West, Bowburn, Durham, DH6 5AU
Sold Jun 2022
£80,0003b, Durham Road West, Bowburn, Durham, DH6 5AU
Sold Dec 2020
£154,000
Versus other Durham Road West homes
27 Durham Road West outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,821
Street avg £865
Floor Area
140 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.3 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Co-op Store — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Bowburn Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
48.3dB







