Ash House, The Green, Brafferton, Darlington, DL1 3LA

Ash House is a detached house in Brafferton, Darlington, Darlington (DL1 3LA). It has a recorded floor area of 240 m² (around 2581 sq ft) and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2009) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in November 1999. At 240 m² the property is well over the postcode median (108 m² across 29 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. Across 1998–1999, sale prices on this property compounded at -4.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £495,000 sits 280.8% above the 1999 sale of £130,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£50/sq ft) was about 66.4% below the postcode norm.