NE37 1PY
Last sold £161,495 in August 2013
12, Skylark, Washington
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 872 sq ft / 81 sq m
- EPC rating
- B
- Elevation
- About 69m — higher than about 70% of homes in Washington
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Price history in context
- Aug 2013 — £161,495
What this home might be worth today
£269,000
Estimate range £256,000–£283,000
+66.7% since August 2013 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 74 nearby sales within a year · semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy 22-min walk
- Portobello Primary School 21-min walk
- Chester-le-Street station 3.8km
- Cherry Banks 1.2km
- The coast (coastline) 2.4km
- Virginia Water 1.7km
- Pond 1.7km
- Canal 25.8km
- Biddick Burn 1.7km
- Public Park 175m
- Play Area 264m
- H&M Store 497m
- Dunnock Drive-Chevies (S-Bound) 314m
Commute by train
From Chester-le-Street, 3.8km away
- 10 min Newcastle
- 76 min Leeds
- 112 min Edinburgh
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
Noise
Road noise here is mapped at 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — audible traffic.
Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,510 hours a year — sunnier than 30% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 3% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 10, Skylark, Washington £166,995 · 2013
- 38, Waxwing, Washington £222,750 · 2013
- 2, Skylark, Washington £174,995 · 2013
- 8, Skylark, Washington £184,995 · 2013
- 1, Skylark, Washington £250,000 · 2013
- 36, Waxwing, Washington £194,995 · 2013
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Single storey rear extension (kitchen) and first floor side extension over garage… Nov 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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We'll email you if this home comes back on the market — or if something like it comes up near here. Nothing else, and we stop after two years.
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