Are you a property professional?Get qualified leads from motivated homeowners.
Get startedAre you a property professional?Get qualified leads from motivated homeowners.
Get startedVale House Farm is a detached house in Bowes, Barnard Castle, Barnard Castle (DL12 9RH). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
At 111 m² it's 26.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (151 m² median across 11 EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Vale House Farm has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£291,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Floor Area for Vale House Farm lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
54 (E)
Street avg 45 (E)
Floor Area
111 m²
Street avg 186 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 10.4 t/year
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.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.1dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Wall insulation upgraded
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
Are we missing something? Tell us about home improvements to help adjust your valuation.
Median price across the last 5 sales in DL12 9RH: £240,000 (2025–2018).
Spital Grange Stainmore Road Bowes Barnard Castle
Sold Apr 2025
Hogg House Farm Stainmore Road Bowes Barnard Castle
Sold Apr 2019
East Pasture End Farm Stainmore Road Bowes Barnard Castle
Sold Dec 2018
2 Bowes Moor Stainmore Road Bowes Barnard Castle
Sold Feb 2017
Old Spital Cottage Stainmore Road Bowes Barnard Castle
Sold Jun 2014
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
DL12 9ED
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.7dB