2 Bangor Grove, Darlington, DL1 2XL

2 Bangor Grove is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Darlington (DL1 2XL). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump.

At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (71 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2018–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £100,000 is 13.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£178/sq ft) was about 61.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £88,000 in December 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.