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8 The Towers, Witton Le Wear, Bishop Auckland, DL14 0AD

3 sales on record
Property type
End terrace
Floor 1st
Bedroom
1
Floor area
80 m²
861 sq ft
Energy rating
C
Score 78
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 8 The Towers

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

8 The Towers is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Witton Le Wear, Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland (DL14 0AD). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band D. At 80 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 14 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 65–188 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 14 units on file. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Across 2006–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at -4.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £128,000 is 18% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£126/sq ft) was about 32% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in September 2015. At 80 m² it's 20% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 13 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

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

  • Bedrooms1
  • EnsuiteYes

Building

  • Period featuresYes
  • RefurbishedYes
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

8 The Towers'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Dec 2024

EPC Rating

A
B
C
C78
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
1.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 8 The Towers, Witton Le Wear, Bishop Auckland, DL14 0AD, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

8 The Towers has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

2applications of note in the surrounding area

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Latest sale on 8 The Towers was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.

Current estimate

£128,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -4.6% per year over 9 years.

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Last sold (2015)

£108,500

Growth on file: -4.6% per year over 9 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 24 September 2015Most recent

    £108,500

    -27.7%over 5 years
  2. 19 March 2010

    £150,000

    -11.8%over 3 years
  3. 12 April 2006

    £170,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in DL14 0AD: £173,000 (2025–2020).

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On the street

Versus other The Towers homes

Four headline reads against 7 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Habitable Rooms for 8 The Towers lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£1,356

Street avg £1,707

Strongly below

Floor Area

80 m²

Street avg 112 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

2 rooms

Street avg 4 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

1.9 t/year

Street avg 3.9 t/year

Strongly above
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Bishop Auckland district page.

Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.

Crime

4/mo

Rising year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

High Street - Dun Cow — bus stop.

Closest school

0.4 km

Witton-le-Wear Primary School. 3 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around DL14 0AD from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for DL14 0AD

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

49.9dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for DL14 0AD

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

41.4dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 8 The Towers, Witton Le Wear, Bishop Auckland, DL14 0AD. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.