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

18 Chestnut Court is a detached house in Toft Hill, Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland (DL14 0TG). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows a G (score 12), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2014); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 68), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £174,000 sits 170.8% above the 1999 sale of £64,250. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£64/sq ft) was about 27.5% below the postcode norm.