17 Chestnut Court, Toft Hill, Bishop Auckland, DL14 0TG

17 Chestnut Court is a detached house in Toft Hill, Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland (DL14 0TG). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1453 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in July 1999. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 135 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £250,000 sits 253.4% above the 1999 sale of £70,750. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£49/sq ft) was about 44.4% below the postcode norm.