Chestnut Lodge, Middridge Road, Rushyford, Ferryhill, DL17 0NH

Chestnut Lodge is a six-bedroom detached house in Rushyford, Ferryhill, Ferryhill (DL17 0NH). It has a recorded floor area of 179 m² (around 1927 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in May 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.

At 179 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2018–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£234/sq ft) was about 47.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2022 for £449,950. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.