8 Pilkington Way, Auckland Park, Bishop Auckland, DL14 8YN

8 Pilkington Way is a five-bedroom detached house in Auckland Park, Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland (DL14 8YN). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Held since June 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £241,000 sits 92.8% above the 2003 sale of £125,000. At 91 m² it's 23.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (119 m² median across 15 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.