Phoenix House, Phoenix Row, Witton Park, Bishop Auckland, DL14 0DF

Phoenix House is a detached house in Witton Park, Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland (DL14 0DF). It has a recorded floor area of 246 m² (around 2648 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump.

At 246 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £441,000 is 11.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£149/sq ft) was about 105.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2022 for £395,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2014.