3a, Bank Top, Bishop Middleham, Ferryhill, DL17 9AW

3a is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bishop Middleham, Ferryhill, Ferryhill (DL17 9AW). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1367 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

Held since December 1997 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 127 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £163,000 sits 191.1% above the 1997 sale of £56,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£41/sq ft) was about 68.3% below the postcode norm.