2 Poplar Terrace, West Cornforth, Ferryhill, DL17 9ES

2 Poplar Terrace is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in West Cornforth, Ferryhill, Ferryhill (DL17 9ES). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2008); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2000–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 18.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £102,000 is 48.9% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£81/sq ft) was about 77.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.