12 Beacon Hill Bungalows, Darlington, DL1 3JS

12 Beacon Hill Bungalows is a three-bedroom detached house in Darlington (DL1 3JS). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (September 2015); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump.

At 117 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £297,000 is 48.5% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£159/sq ft) was about 18% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in May 2016.