3 Boldron Lane, Barnard Castle, DL12 9AR

3 Boldron Lane is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Barnard Castle (DL12 9AR). It has a recorded floor area of 339 m² (around 3644 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2011) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 60). The latest certificate is from February 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since December 1997, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 339 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £675,000 sits 237.5% above the 1997 sale of £200,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£55/sq ft) was about 60% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.