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

5 Chestnut Court is a detached house in Toft Hill, Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland (DL14 0TG). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1999–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £245,000 sits 145.1% above the 2002 sale of £99,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£73/sq ft) was about 28% below the postcode norm.