5, Downs Lane
5, Downs Lane
Description & Estimates
5, Downs Lane, Houghton Le Spring is recorded publicly as a modern freehold house across 764 ft2 of internal area.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 3 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of 5, Downs Lane, Houghton Le Spring is £156,633 and its rental estimate is £886 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Downs Lane, Hetton-Le-Hole, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 falls within the DH5 postal district, in the borough of Sunderland.
Our Data Sources
5, Downs Lane, Houghton Le Spring has a single entry in the Land Registry from December 2022 and a single entry in the EPC database dated November 2022.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 4 out of 5 and is considered of high accuracy.
Price Range & Condition
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 5, Downs Lane, Houghton Le Spring, we estimate a market value of £164,464 and a rental value of £931 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £145,668 and £824 per month respectively.
Recent Market Change
Over the last year, 5, Downs Lane, Houghton Le Spring has seen its estimated sale value rise by £668 (0.4%) and its estimated rental value move up by £28 per month (3.2%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 6.8%.
Energy Efficiency
5, Downs Lane, Houghton Le Spring has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of B. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 28 Nov 2022.
The property is not connected to mains gas and has high performance glazing. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, mains gas.
Sold Prices
The most recent sale of 5, Downs Lane, Houghton Le Spring completed on 20th December 2022 at £144,995 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 this is the property's only sale.
Values of comparable properties have risen by 22.4% over the period since December 2022.
- Sold Dec 2022£144,995
Similar Properties Sold Nearby
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to 5, Downs Lane, Houghton Le Spring have sold within a radius of 730 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 27th August 2025, was 6, Downs Lane, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 9EA, a freehold house which sold for £144,950.
Read more about house prices in DH5.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
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Location Comparison
Of the 16 addresses on Downs Lane, Hetton-Le-Hole, Houghton Le Spring, DH5, 5, Downs Lane, Houghton Le Spring comes out as the 14th largest and the 10th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £25k more expensive than the average property across the DH5 district.
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Schools Nearby
- 600mEppleton Academy Primary School
- 1.2kmHetton Primary School
- 1.3kmHetton Lyons Primary School
- 1.3kmHetton Academy
- 2.2kmKepier
- 5.3kmFarringdon Community Academy
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Public Transport Nearby
From 5, Downs Lane, Houghton Le Spring, the nearest station is Seaham, 7.0 kilometres away.
- 7.0kmSeaham
- 8.9kmChester-le-Street
- 9.7kmSunderland
Risk of Flooding
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
