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

23 Vicarage Farm Close is a detached house in Escomb, Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland (DL14 7UT). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since August 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 1995 — that's 31 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 £204,000 sits 240.3% above the 1995 sale of £59,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£78/sq ft) was about 46.2% below the postcode norm. At 71 m² it's 29% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 15 EPCs).