1 Broom Cottages, Ferryhill, DL17 8AY
About 1 Broom Cottages
1 Broom Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Ferryhill (DL17 8AY). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.
At 99 m² it's 25.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (79 m² median across 9 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £109,000 sits 98.2% above the 2022 sale of £55,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£52/sq ft) was about 33.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £55,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
1 Broom Cottages sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Broom Cottages has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Broom Cottages's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2016).
£109,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.7% per year over 5 years.
£55,000
Growth on file: 8.7% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
28 February 2022Most recent
£55,000
+50.7%over 2 years1 July 2019
£36,500
+2.5%over 2 years9 December 2016
£35,600
Median price across the last 5 sales in DL17 8AY: £45,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in DL17 8AY
Everything we know about 1 Broom Cottages, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Broom Cottages homes
On epc rating, 1 Broom Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£556
Street avg £608
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 78 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Rutherford Terrace — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Broom Cottages Primary & Nursery School. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.4dB