31 Durham Road, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7HU

31 Durham Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Bishop Auckland (DL14 7HU). It has a recorded floor area of 191 m² (around 2056 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good and roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2009–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£187/sq ft) was about 35.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 191 m² it's 15.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (227 m² median across 10 EPCs). Last sale on file: £385,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.