8 Granville Drive, Chilton, Ferryhill, DL17 0RG

8 Granville Drive is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Chilton, Ferryhill, Ferryhill (DL17 0RG). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2019) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average, lighting went from Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump.

It hasn't traded since February 2011, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (66 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £113,000 sits 71.2% above the 2011 sale of £66,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£133/sq ft) was about 27.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.