2 Hilda Street, Darlington, DL1 1SY

2 Hilda Street is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Darlington (DL1 1SY). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Held since August 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 82 m² the property is well over the postcode median (58 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 2005–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 100% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £116,000 is 45% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£91/sq ft) was about 79.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.