3 High Escomb, Escomb, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7ST

3 High Escomb is a four-bedroom detached house in Escomb, Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland (DL14 7ST). It has a recorded floor area of 146 m² (around 1572 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for an extension is awaiting a decision. At 146 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 22 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. 10 years since the last transfer (July 2016). Across 2002–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £290,000 is 38.1% above the 2016 sale price.