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17, Ellesmere Close, Houghton Le Spring is recorded publicly as a modern freehold house across 1,496 ft2 of internal area, sitting on a 269 m2 plot.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 4 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of 17, Ellesmere Close, Houghton Le Spring is £265,156 and its rental estimate is £1,367 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Ellesmere Close, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 falls within the DH4 postal district, in the borough of Sunderland.
17, Ellesmere Close, Houghton Le Spring has 21 entries in the Land Registry , most recently in October 2014 and a single entry in the EPC database dated March 2014.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 3 out of 5 and is considered of medium accuracy.
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For 17, Ellesmere Close, Houghton Le Spring, we estimate a market value of £278,413 and a rental value of £1,435 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £246,595 and £1,271 per month respectively.
Over the last year, 17, Ellesmere Close, Houghton Le Spring has seen its estimated sale value move down by £446 (0.2%) and its estimated rental value increase by £30 per month (2.2%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 6.2%.
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for 17, Ellesmere Close, Houghton Le Spring as measuring 269 m2.
That makes it the 18th largest plot in the postcode, where all 29 other houses have recorded plot data.
17, Ellesmere Close, Houghton Le Spring has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of C. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 20 Mar 2014.
The property is not connected to mains gas and has fully double glazed windows. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, mains gas.
The most recent sale of 17, Ellesmere Close, Houghton Le Spring completed on 16th October 2014 at £210,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 the property has sold twice.
Values of comparable properties have risen by 30.0% over the period since October 2014.
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to 17, Ellesmere Close, Houghton Le Spring have sold within a radius of 580 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 16th November 2024, was 76, Harwood Drive, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 5NY, a freehold house which sold for £166,000.
Read more about house prices in DH4.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
Of the 49 addresses on Ellesmere Close, Houghton Le Spring, DH4, 17, Ellesmere Close, Houghton Le Spring comes out as the 5th largest and the 4th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £104k more expensive than the average property across the DH4 district.
From 17, Ellesmere Close, Houghton Le Spring, the nearest station is Chester-le-Street, 5.4 kilometres away.
Broadband here reaches superfast speeds, based on recent Ofcom data.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Superfast broadband is available in the area.
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
The recent census recorded whether a resident owned or rented their home.
In the area around 17, Ellesmere Close, Houghton Le Spring, 40.8% of property is privately owned with a mortgage and 27.8% is socially rented.
The graph below shows how this compares to North East and the rest of England & Wales.
The recent census recorded the highest level of education achieved by residents in the local area.
In the area around 17, Ellesmere Close, Houghton Le Spring, 20.7% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 27.9% as possessing degree level qualifications.
The graph below shows how this compares to North East and the rest of England & Wales.
The most recent census in 2021 recorded the age of all UK residents.
In the area around 17, Ellesmere Close, Houghton Le Spring, the average age was 40.1 and the most common age was 32.
The graph below shows how this compares to North East and the rest of England & Wales
The recent census recorded whether a property was a primary or secondary home for the resident.
In the area around 17, Ellesmere Close, Houghton Le Spring, 0.5% of property was a second home.
Comparison figures for North East and the rest of England & Wales are listed below.
The recent census recorded the number of cars registered in each household.
In the area around 17, Ellesmere Close, Houghton Le Spring, there are an average of 1.2 cars per household.
See below for how this compares to North East and the rest of England & Wales.