8 St James Gardens, Witton Le Wear, Bishop Auckland, DL14 0BG

8 St James Gardens is a semi-detached house in Witton Le Wear, Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland (DL14 0BG). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 687 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2012) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from January 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Across 1998–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £124,000 sits 55% above the 2014 sale of £80,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£116/sq ft) was about 53.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in January 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 64 m² it's 17.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (78 m² median across 20 EPCs).