15 Babbacombe Drive, Ferryhill, DL17 8DA
About 15 Babbacombe Drive
15 Babbacombe Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Ferryhill (DL17 8DA). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a C (score 72). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).
At 125 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £180,000 is 28.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£104/sq ft) was about 19.1% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £140,000 in May 2021. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff road
Building
- Heating systemGas
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2006ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
CHANGE OF USE OF OPEN SPACE TO DOMESTIC CURTILAGE WITH BOUNDARY FENCE AND ERECTION OF TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2006/0010/DM
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2002.
£180,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.1% per year over 19 years.
£140,000
Growth on file: 5.1% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
24 May 2021Most recent
£140,000
+150.0%over 18 years15 November 2002
£56,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DL17 8DA: £115,000 (2025–2021).
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Sold Apr 2022
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£115,00021 Babbacombe Drive, Ferryhill, DL17 8DA
Sold Sept 2021
£110,000
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Babbacombe Drive homes
15 Babbacombe Drive outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,120
Street avg £1,499
Floor Area
125 m²
Street avg 74 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 4.1 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
0.2 km
Linden — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.8dB