15 Linden Road, West Cornforth, Ferryhill, DL17 9NR

15 Linden Road is a semi-detached house in West Cornforth, Ferryhill, Ferryhill (DL17 9NR). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average, lighting went from Good to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.

At 70 m² it's 17.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (85 m² median across 31 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at -2.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £119,000 sits 101.7% above the 2021 sale of £59,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£78/sq ft) was about 32.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2021 for £59,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.