5 Carrs Terrace, Witton Le Wear, Bishop Auckland, DL14 0AU

5 Carrs Terrace is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Witton Le Wear, Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland (DL14 0AU). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 66), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 142 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £227,000 sits 110.2% above the 2013 sale of £108,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£71/sq ft) was about 54.2% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in March 2013. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2020.