31 High Street, West Cornforth, Ferryhill, DL17 9HN

31 High Street is a three-bedroom detached house in West Cornforth, Ferryhill, Ferryhill (DL17 9HN). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (May 2011) shows a G (score 6), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from May 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in June 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2002–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £163,000 sits 62.9% above the 2007 sale of £100,050. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£68/sq ft) was about 67.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.