3 Kirkham Way, Auckland Park, Bishop Auckland, DL14 8SQ

3 Kirkham Way is a three-bedroom detached house in Auckland Park, Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland (DL14 8SQ). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2019) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since December 2015. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

At 107 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £211,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£184/sq ft) was about 114.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.