1 Commercial Street, Ferryhill, DL17 0DF

1 Commercial Street is a five-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Ferryhill (DL17 0DF). It has a recorded floor area of 253 m² (around 2723 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2012) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and outbuildings.

Held since August 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 253 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2003–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 30.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £208,000 sits 61.2% above the 2005 sale of £129,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£47/sq ft) was about 54.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.