12 Cemetery Road, Witton Le Wear, Bishop Auckland, DL14 0AR

12 Cemetery Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Witton Le Wear, Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland (DL14 0AR). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2002–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £290,000 sits 61.1% above the 2013 sale of £180,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 12 years since the last transfer (December 2013).