8 Canterbury Grove, Darlington, DL1 2SD

8 Canterbury Grove is a two-bedroom detached house in Darlington (DL1 2SD). It has a recorded floor area of 10 m² (around 108 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (September 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 10 m² it sits well below the postcode median (78 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £162,000 is 24.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,208/sq ft) was about 561% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2021 for £130,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.