7 Darlington Road, Durham, DH1 4PE

7 Darlington Road is a semi-detached house in Durham (DH1 4PE). It has a recorded floor area of 156 m² (around 1679 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 156 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £355,000 sits 403.5% above the 1997 sale of £70,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£42/sq ft) was about 76.4% below the postcode norm.