The Croft, Houghton Le Spring
The Croft, Houghton Le Spring
Description & Estimates
The Croft, Houghton Le Spring is recorded publicly as an early-century freehold house across 1,280 ft2 of internal area, sitting on a 654 m2 plot.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 4 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of The Croft, Houghton Le Spring is £359,830 and its rental estimate is £1,603 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Leamside, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 falls within the DH4 postal district.
Our Data Sources
The Croft, Houghton Le Spring has a single entry in the Land Registry from January 2016 and a single entry in the EPC database dated September 2015.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 1 out of 5 and is considered of low 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 The Croft, Houghton Le Spring, we estimate a market value of £377,822 and a rental value of £1,683 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £334,642 and £1,491 per month respectively.
Recent Market Change
Over the last year, The Croft, Houghton Le Spring has seen its estimated sale value decrease by £605 (0.2%) and its estimated rental value grow by £36 per month (2.2%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 5.3%.
Plot Size
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for The Croft, Houghton Le Spring as measuring 654 m2.
That makes it the 3rd largest plot in the postcode, where 4 of the 7 other houses have recorded plot data.
Energy Efficiency
The Croft, Houghton Le Spring has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of F. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 24 Sep 2015.
The property is not connected to mains gas and has fully double glazed windows. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, oil.
Sold Prices
The most recent sale of The Croft, Houghton Le Spring completed on 29th January 2016 at £285,000 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 65.5% over the period since January 2016.
- Sold Jan 2016£285,000
Similar Properties Sold Nearby
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to The Croft, Houghton Le Spring have sold within a radius of 2.1 kilometres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 31st March 2025, was Brooklyn, Pit House Lane, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 6QR, a freehold house which sold for £357,500.
Read more about house prices in DH4.
- Sold Mar 2025£357,500 | 4 Bed HousePit House LaneBrooklyn, Pit House Lane, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 6QR
- Sold Mar 2025£334,995 | 4 Bed HouseAllenson View1, Allenson View, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 6RE
- Sold Oct 2024£355,000 | 4 Bed HousePit House LaneStonecroft, Pit House Lane, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 6QR
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
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Location Comparison
Of the 20 addresses on Leamside, Houghton Le Spring, DH4, The Croft, Houghton Le Spring comes out as the 12th largest and the 11th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £199k more expensive than the average property across the DH4 district.
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Schools Nearby
- 1.1kmWest Rainton Primary School
- 2.2kmEast Rainton Primary School
- 2.3kmLumley Junior School
- 3.4kmKepier
- 3.6kmHetton Academy
- 4.2kmBelmont Community School
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Public Transport Nearby
From The Croft, Houghton Le Spring, the nearest station is Chester-le-Street, 5.4 kilometres away.
- 5.4kmChester-le-Street
- 6.3kmDurham
- 11.4kmSeaham
Risk of Flooding
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
