5 Castle View, Witton Le Wear, Bishop Auckland, DL14 0DH

5 Castle View is a three-bedroom detached house in Witton Le Wear, Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland (DL14 0DH). It has a recorded floor area of 167 m² (around 1798 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since July 2010. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 167 m² it's 18.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (141 m² median across 10 EPCs). Across 2002–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £302,000 is 31.3% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£128/sq ft) was about 25.9% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in October 2014.