10 Vicarage Farm Close, Escomb, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7UT

10 Vicarage Farm Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Escomb, Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland (DL14 7UT). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2013. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 1997 — that's 29 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. Today's modelled estimate of £210,000 sits 178.1% above the 1997 sale of £75,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£85/sq ft) was about 42.1% below the postcode norm. At 83 m² it's 17% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 15 EPCs).