Fairview Cottage, Broomside, Coundon, Bishop Auckland, DL14 8PX
About Fairview Cottage
Fairview Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Coundon, Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland (DL14 8PX). It has a recorded floor area of 226 m² (around 2433 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump.
At 226 m² the property is well over the postcode median (153 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£99/sq ft) was about 25.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £240,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
Fairview Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Fairview Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£256,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£240,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
2 December 2022Most recent
£240,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DL14 8PX: £170,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in DL14 8PX
1 Broomside, Coundon, Bishop Auckland, DL14 8PX
Sold Nov 2025
£235,000Highgrove, Broomside, Coundon, Bishop Auckland, DL14 8PX
Sold Apr 2025
£430,0002 Broomside, Coundon, Bishop Auckland, DL14 8PX
Sold Feb 2022
£170,0003 Broomside, Coundon, Bishop Auckland, DL14 8PX
Sold Sept 2021
£146,0005 Broomside, Coundon, Bishop Auckland, DL14 8PX
Sold Aug 2011
£140,000
Everything we know about Fairview Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Broomside homes
On epc rating, Fairview Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,062
Street avg £1,158
Floor Area
226 m²
Street avg 149 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
15.7 t/year
Street avg 7.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Broomside — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Victoria Lane Academy. 8 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.8dB