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About 5 Birch Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
5 Birch Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Barnard Castle (DL12 8JR). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £151,000 is 31.3% above the 2022 sale price. At 69 m² it's 19.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (86 m² median across 33 EPCs). Sold January 2022 for £115,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Refurbished
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D64
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
3.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£151,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 3 years.
Last sold (2022)
£115,000
Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Birch Road homes
Four headline reads against 21 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On habitable rooms, 5 Birch Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,667
Street avg £1,733
Floor Area
69 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Barnard Castle district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around DL12 8JR from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 34 points of interest in total.
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