14 Kirbys Drive, Bowburn, Durham, DH6 5GA

14 Kirbys Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Bowburn, Durham, Durham (DH6 5GA). It has a recorded floor area of 197 m² (around 2120 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

At 197 m² the property is well over the postcode median (141 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£217/sq ft) was about 27.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £460,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.